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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 34 - 46 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the flowers at the top of the bush while the one at the bottom blooms dark red in "Song"?
(a) They wilt.
(b) They thrive.
(c) The wind blows away their petals.
(d) They are picked.

2. Where does the speaker tell the couple they have no place in thinking such things in "April"?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Church.
(c) Earth.
(d) The garden.

3. Why does the witchgrass feel humans even bothered to give it a name in "Witchgrass"?
(a) To have one more slur.
(b) To write poems about it.
(c) To be able to talk about it.
(d) To create something new.

4. The daisies in "Daisies" say that the mind wants to shine like what?
(a) Machines.
(b) The shimmering lake.
(c) The sun.
(d) Dew covered grass.

5. What is the young couple doing in "The Garden"?
(a) Planting tomato plants.
(b) Weeding the garden.
(c) Planting irises.
(d) Planting a row of peas.

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker in "Retreating Wind" tells his audience that their lives are not what, like the plants?

2. The poet in "Matins" (#3) asks God if He may be more inconsistent like what type of plant?

3. Where does the speaker of "Jacob's Ladder" feel it is trapped?

4. What does the witchgrass say the garden bed is a paradigm of in "Witchgrass"?

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

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