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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. Why does the speaker feel it is difficult to please all creations?

2. What does the speaker say s/he regrets thinking of humanity as in "Matins" (#7)?

3. What does the person in "Vespers" (#1) say she struggles to share with her husband and son?

4. How does the speaker in "End of Summer" refer to humanity?

5. In "The Red Poppy," what does the red poppy say it does not have despite having feelings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the poet in "Heaven and Earth" question in regards to her husband at the end of the poem?

2. In "Daisies," what do the daisies tell the poet will happen is she tries to share her "impressions of the natural world" (39) with others?

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

4. What does the poet say were some of the signs God existed in her youth in "Vespers" (#6)?

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

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

7. What is the gardener in "Matins" (#5) doing while she pretends to weed?

8. What is different about the way the poet in "Song" sees the rose compared to how her husband sees it?

9. What does the flower ask the human at the start of "Field Flowers"?

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 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 2

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 3

Write an essay analyzing the conversation between God and the poet in the "Matins" and "Vespers" poems. Consider how the tone in each change over time. Compare and contrast the images used in the poems to convey tone. Use textual evidence to support your analysis.

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