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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 12 - 23 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is the speaker addressing in "Matins" (#3)?
(a) Poet.
(b) Sun.
(c) Flower.
(d) God.

2. Who is the author of the poetry collection The Wild Iris?
(a) Louise Gluck.
(b) Lilly Gillick.
(c) Iris Gluck.
(d) John Gluck.

3. What does the speaker in "April" tell the couple has been distributed among all creatures?
(a) Joy.
(b) Grief.
(c) God's anger.
(d) God's love.

4. What does God say has never gotten in the way of human pleasure in "End of Winter"?
(a) The winter.
(b) The seasons.
(c) Human grief.
(d) God's grief.

5. Where does the trillium flower describe waking in "Trillilum"?
(a) A dark forest.
(b) A blue meadow.
(c) A bright garden.
(d) A moss-covered rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the speaker of "Retreating Wind" tell his audience they will not find what they are looking for?

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

3. What signs of their mood have the couple left on the dirt path in "The Hawthorn Tree"?

4. How is the moonlight described in "Love in Moonlight"?

5. Why does the witchgrass feel humans even bothered to give it a name in "Witchgrass"?

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