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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the speaker in "Spring Snow"?
(a) God.
(b) The poet.
(c) The wind.
(d) The snowfall.

2. Who is the speaker in "Witchgrass"?
(a) A field.
(b) God.
(c) A witchgrass plant.
(d) The poet.

3. What does the witchgrass say the garden bed is a paradigm of in "Witchgrass"?
(a) Success.
(b) Spirituality.
(c) Failure.
(d) Life.

4. What does the woman in "The Garden" do as a sign of truce when the couple disagree about whether to stop or continue?
(a) She shakes the man's hand.
(b) She nods her head.
(c) She quietly continues.
(d) She touches the man's cheek.

5. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#4) say s/he may be better for addressing instead of God?
(a) The birds.
(b) The clouds.
(c) The birches.
(d) The flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker of "Scilla" call his audience?

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

3. What does God say has never gotten in the way of human pleasure in "End of Winter"?

4. How does the witchgrass feel the gardener feels about it in "Witchgrass"?

5. What does the speaker of "Scilla" say his audience treasures?

(see the answer key)

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