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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the speaker in "The Garden"?
(a) A row of peas.
(b) God.
(c) A young couple.
(d) The poet.
2. Who is the speaker in the poem "Wild Iris"?
(a) God.
(b) The poet.
(c) The poet's husband.
(d) The iris.
3. What does God say has never gotten in the way of human pleasure in "End of Winter"?
(a) God's grief.
(b) The seasons.
(c) The winter.
(d) Human grief.
4. What does God tell humanity they will no hear in the other world in "End of Winter"?
(a) Their own voice.
(b) Rainfall.
(c) The wind.
(d) God's voice.
5. What surprised the snowdrop flower at the end of "Snowdrops"?
(a) That the snow came early.
(b) That the winter was so cold.
(c) That is died.
(d) That it bloomed again.
6. What does the speaker in "Love in Moonlight" say people sometimes force on one another?
(a) Their religious fervor.
(b) Their disbelief in God.
(c) Their passion.
(d) Their own despair.
7. What sound does the speaker in "Wild Iris" hear "darting in low shrubs" (1)?
(a) Worms.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Footsteps.
(d) Birds.
8. What does the speaker say is "the end of [her] suffering" (1) in "Wild Iris"?
(a) The rains.
(b) Summer.
(c) Nightfall.
(d) Death.
9. What flower with white marks is referenced at the end of "April"?
(a) Violet.
(b) Iris.
(c) Scilla.
(d) Wild Rose.
10. The poet in "Matins" (#1) disagrees with Noah, saying that she feels attached to what?
(a) The wild iris.
(b) The birdsong.
(c) The living tree.
(d) The summer breeze.
11. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#4) say s/he may be better for addressing instead of God?
(a) The flowers.
(b) The birds.
(c) The clouds.
(d) The birches.
12. Who does the speaker in "Matins" (#4) address?
(a) The sky.
(b) God.
(c) The poet.
(d) The birch tree.
13. Who is the speaker in "Scilla"?
(a) God.
(b) An unknown human.
(c) A scilla plant.
(d) A hawthorn tree.
14. Who is the speaker in "Snowdrops"?
(a) God.
(b) The poet.
(c) A snowflake.
(d) A snowdrop flower.
15. What is the meaning of the sound God says they will hear in the other world in "End of Winter"?
(a) Nevermore.
(b) Hello.
(c) Good-bye.
(d) No more.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the speaker in "End of Winter"?
2. What does the speaker of "Scilla" call his audience?
3. What does God tell humanity they can do in "Spring Snow"?
4. Who does the speaker of "Scilla" address?
5. Who is the speaker in "Witchgrass"?
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