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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 24 - 33 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the speaker in "Matins" (#4) say s/he should be buried with at the end of the poem?
(a) Her husband.
(b) The dying flowers.
(c) The Romantics.
(d) The tomato plant.

2. What tree does the poet in "Matins" (#3) ask if God is like?
(a) Pine.
(b) Hawthorn.
(c) Ash.
(d) Birch.

3. What time of day does the poem "End of Winter" describe at the beginning?
(a) Early morning.
(b) Early afternoon.
(c) Twilight.
(d) Late evening.

4. How does the speaker in "Retreating Wind" describe human souls?
(a) Vast, passionate things.
(b) Empty.
(c) Small talking things.
(d) Immortal.

5. What does the speaker say s/he regrets thinking of humanity as in "Matins" (#7)?
(a) Selfish.
(b) An experiment.
(c) A waste of time.
(d) A joke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet say followed humanities exile from heaven in "Matins" (#2)?

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

3. What does God say he "cannot go on restricting [himself] to" (8) in "Clear Morning"?

4. What does God tell humanity they can do in "Spring Snow"?

5. What does the trillium flower in "Trillium" think some people need?

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