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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound is described at the beginning of "End of Winter"?
(a) The last snowfall.
(b) The wind.
(c) A birdcall.
(d) The falling leaves.

2. What does God say He let people do because it is what they wanted in "End of Winter"?
(a) He let them be born.
(b) He let them speak.
(c) He gave them free will.
(d) He let them garden.

3. Under what great tree does the lamium live in "Lamium"?
(a) Maple.
(b) Sycamore.
(c) Pine.
(d) Hawthorn.

4. Who does the speaker of "Scilla" address?
(a) Another plant.
(b) God.
(c) The dirt.
(d) A human audience.

5. What is the gardener in "Matins" (#5) pretending to do in the beginning of the poem?
(a) Water the plants.
(b) Harvest her vegetables.
(c) Pray.
(d) Weed the garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did humanity want that they did not receive from God?

2. Who is the speaker in "Spring Snow"?

3. Who or what does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" address?

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

5. What was the couple given which compels the speaker in "April" to say he expected better of them?

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