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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the young couple doing in "The Garden"?
2. What does the trillium flower in "Trillium" think some people need?
3. The poet in "Matins" (#2) says humanity "took turns working the garden" (3) and never thought of who or what?
4. To whom is the speaker of "Wild Iris" speaking?
5. What time of day does the poem "End of Winter" describe at the beginning?
Short Essay Questions
1. What surprises the snowdrop flower at the end of "Snowdrops"?
2. Why does the hawthorn tree say it does not have to follow the couple to know what they are going through in "Hawthorn Tree"?
3. What pain does the iris describe in "Wild Iris"?
4. In "Scilla," what does the scilla say to its human audience that reflects its feeling toward humanity?
5. Who is speaker in each of the "Matins" poems and who does the speaker address?
6. What does the poet struggle with and search for in many of the poems in which she address God?
7. What does the trilium flower learn in its first moments of life in "Trillium" and why?
8. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#2) say in regards to the lesson God tried to teach humanity?
9. What does Noah say about depressives in "Matins" (#1)?
10. In "Love in Moonlight," how does the speaker describe how humans sometimes force their despair on others?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the theme of immortality in 3 - 5 poems from Wild Iris. Use textual evidence to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing God's voice, tone, and emotions in all of the "Vespers" poems. Use textual evidence to support your analysis. Note the ways in which the poet uses imagery to convey these things. Use textual evidence to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the ways in which the changing seasons represent the poet's emotions and relationship with God. Use textual evidence to support your analysis.
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