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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 signs of their mood have the couple left on the dirt path in "The Hawthorn Tree"?
(a) Scattered flowers.
(b) An echo of laughter.
(c) Their shoes.
(d) An empty basket.

2. What time of year is it in "Matins" (#5)?
(a) Beginning of spring.
(b) Late fall.
(c) Early winter.
(d) End of summer.

3. Who is the speaker in "Scilla"?
(a) An unknown human.
(b) A scilla plant.
(c) A hawthorn tree.
(d) God.

4. How does the hawthorn tree observe the couple walking in the garden in "The Hawthorn Tree"?
(a) Shoulder to shoulder.
(b) Arm in arm.
(c) Close together, hands clasped.
(d) Beside one another, but not holding hands.

5. What does the hawthorn tree in "The Hawthorn Tree" believe to be the reason for what the couple left behind?
(a) Human joy.
(b) Human devotion to God.
(c) Human passion or rage.
(d) Human folly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the speaker in "Field Flowers" address?

3. What does the speaker of "Scilla" say humans are always planning?

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

5. What does the poet say followed humanities exile from heaven in "Matins" (#2)?

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