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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 time of year is everything possible according to the speaker in "Heaven and Earth"?

2. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#2) suggest God withhold if He wishes for her to continue to grow tomatoes?

3. Who does the speaker in "Matins" (#6) address?

4. Who is the speaker of "Midsummer"?

5. What do the daisies think people are more interested in than nature in "Daisies"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does God tell humans that they need not fear death in "Harvest"?

2. What does the clover question in regards to people's view of the four leaf clover in "Clover"?

3. What is different about John's peace in comparison to the poet's in "Vespers" (#4)?

4. In what way is the speaker in "Matins" (#6) different from the sick rose?

5. What does the poet say is a way of God revealing Himself in "Vespers" (#5)?

6. In "Vespers" (#3), why does the poet think she is "uniquely/ suited to praise [God]" (38)?

7. How does God see humanity in "Midsummer"?

8. What does the poppy say about the sun in "The Red Poppy"?

9. Why does the poet in "Vespers" (#1) plant a fig tree in Vermont?

10. What does the poet in "Vespers" (#2) tell God she failed to do at the start of the poem?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the poet's search for God's existence. How does she search for God? What does she find? How do her moods change in regards to this search? Use evidence from at least 3 poems to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the collection as a whole. What themes are evident and what techniques does the poet use to convey these themes? Use textual evidence to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 3

Choosing several of the poems written from the voice of the poet to God, write an essay analyzing the poet's changing thoughts on God's existence. Analyze the poems for tone and imagery, comparing and contrasting these aspects of the poem in a minimum of 4 poems.

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