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

2. Where does the person in "Vespers" (#1) suggest God may only exist?
(a) In one's mind.
(b) In the sunrise.
(c) In other countries.
(d) In warmer climates.

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

4. What does the speaker in "Midsummer" remind humanity they were not intended to be?
(a) Unique.
(b) Holy.
(c) Blessed.
(d) Immortal.

5. What did humanity want that they did not receive from God?
(a) Immortality.
(b) Endless youth.
(c) To see heaven.
(d) To see God in human form.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the trillium flower in "Trillium" think some people need?

2. What does the poet in "Matins" (#3) say about God's silence?

3. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#5) say she lives mostly in at the start of the poem?

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

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

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