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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Spring Snow," God condemns humanity for not believing in Him, despite His doing what?
(a) Giving them everything they want.
(b) Answer their calls.
(c) Believing in them.
(d) Giving them an obvious sign.

2. Who is the speaker in "End of Winter"?
(a) A bird.
(b) God.
(c) The poet's son.
(d) The poet.

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

4. 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.

5. To whom does the speaker in "Matins" (#2) speak?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her son.
(c) God.
(d) The garden.

6. What does God see as an "Image of departure" (16) in "The Garden"?
(a) The man leaving the garden.
(b) The woman and the man turning from each other.
(c) The woman's hand leaving the man's face.
(d) The woman leaving the garden.

7. What does God say "glitters like the moon" (9) in "Spring Snow"?
(a) The garden.
(b) The snowfall.
(c) Fireflies.
(d) The earth.

8. What fire-filled thing is likened to moonlight in "Love in Moonlight"?
(a) A soul.
(b) A lover's heart.
(c) God's wrath.
(d) Hell.

9. Who is the speaker in "Clear Morning"?
(a) The poet.
(b) The sun.
(c) God.
(d) The morning dew.

10. What is referred to as "a living thing" at the end of "Love in Moonlight"?
(a) The earth.
(b) A soul.
(c) Love.
(d) The moon.

11. The poet in "Matins" (#1) refers to a conversation she had with whom?
(a) Her son.
(b) He husband.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

12. Who is the speaker in the poem "Wild Iris"?
(a) The poet.
(b) The iris.
(c) The poet's husband.
(d) God.

13. What does God tell humanity they will no hear in the other world in "End of Winter"?
(a) God's voice.
(b) Their own voice.
(c) Rainfall.
(d) The wind.

14. What does God say has never gotten in the way of human pleasure in "End of Winter"?
(a) The seasons.
(b) Human grief.
(c) The winter.
(d) God's grief.

15. What does the speaker in "The Garden" find it unbearable to look at?
(a) A young couple.
(b) The light rain.
(c) The fresh dirt.
(d) A row of peas.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the witchgrass feel the gardener feels about it in "Witchgrass"?

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

3. What does the speaker of "Scilla" call his audience?

4. How does the speaker say s/he is not supposed to address God?

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

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