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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 34 - 46 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What flower does the poet in "The Doorway" describe as it just starts to open?
(a) Crocuses.
(b) Irises.
(c) Roses.
(d) Tulips.

2. What does the speaker of "Scilla" call his audience?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Master.
(c) Idiot.
(d) Fool.

3. Who or what does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" address?
(a) The gardener.
(b) God.
(c) The heavens.
(d) A jacob's ladder plant.

4. What does the speaker of "Scilla" say his audience treasures?
(a) Material objects.
(b) God.
(c) The earth.
(d) Their own voice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the speaker in "The Garden"?

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

3. Who is the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder"?

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

5. What does the speaker in "Retreating Wind" say he feels for his audience in the first lines?

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