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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 47 - 63 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the lily think is happening at the start of the poem?
(a) It is blooming.
(b) It is being forgotten.
(c) It is getting picked.
(d) It is dying.

2. The poet in "Matins" (#2) says humanity "took turns working the garden" (3) and never thought of who or what?
(a) The changing seasons.
(b) Their mortality.
(c) God.
(d) One another.

3. What do humans view most of the clovers in the garden as in "Clover"?
(a) A weed.
(b) A sign of blessedness.
(c) A thing of beauty.
(d) Proof of God's existence.

4. What does the speaker wonder if the person s/he is addressing looks for while looking beyond the field?
(a) A better place to garden.
(b) A sign from God.
(c) A sign the rain is coming.
(d) Heaven.

5. Who is the speaker in "Matins" (#5)?
(a) The flower bed.
(b) The gardener.
(c) A weed.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the speaker addressing in "Matins" (#3)?

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

3. Where does God say His tenderness can be found at the end of "Sunset"?

4. What does God say people truly want in "Spring Snow"?

5. Under what great tree does the lamium live in "Lamium"?

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