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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the sun described as it shines off the mountains in "Matins" (#7)?
(a) White fire.
(b) A stream of light.
(c) A bright spotlight.
(d) Yellow brilliance.

2. What flowers "burst" up as a sign of spring in "The Garden"?
(a) Purple Crocuses.
(b) White Irises.
(c) Red Roses.
(d) Trilliums.

3. Who is the speaker in "Matins" (#7)?
(a) The poet.
(b) The earth.
(c) The sun.
(d) God.

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

5. What is the meaning of the sound God says they will hear in the other world in "End of Winter"?
(a) Hello.
(b) No more.
(c) Good-bye.
(d) Nevermore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker in "April" tell the couple has been distributed among all creatures?

2. What does the person in "Vespers" (#1) try to plant as a test of God's existence?

3. Where does the person in "Vespers" (#1) suggest God may only exist?

4. What does the hawthorn tree in "The Hawthorn Tree" believe to be the reason for what the couple left behind?

5. Where does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" want to go?

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