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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poet in "Matins" (#3) asks God's forgiveness for doing what?
(a) Not believing in Him.
(b) Sinning.
(c) Loving Him.
(d) Not being able to see Him.

2. Who is the speaker in "Witchgrass"?
(a) God.
(b) A witchgrass plant.
(c) A field.
(d) The poet.

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

4. What flower with white marks is referenced at the end of "April"?
(a) Wild Rose.
(b) Violet.
(c) Iris.
(d) Scilla.

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

6. Who is the speaker of "Matins" (#3)?
(a) Poet.
(b) God.
(c) Flower.
(d) Sun.

7. Where does the trillium flower describe waking in "Trillilum"?
(a) A blue meadow.
(b) A dark forest.
(c) A bright garden.
(d) A moss-covered rock.

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

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

10. What does the trillium flower in "Trillium" think some people need?
(a) Immortality.
(b) Changing seasons.
(c) A sign from God.
(d) Death's presence.

11. Who is the speaker in "Matins" (#4)?
(a) The poet's husband.
(b) God.
(c) The birch tree.
(d) The poet.

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

13. The poet in "Matins" (#1) disagrees with Noah, saying that she feels attached to what?
(a) The summer breeze.
(b) The birdsong.
(c) The wild iris.
(d) The living tree.

14. What does the lamium say "living things don't all require...in the same degree" (5)?
(a) Light.
(b) Food.
(c) God.
(d) Activity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker in "Matins" (#4) said that s/he asked God to be what?

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

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

4. What does the speaker in "The Garden" find it unbearable to look at?

5. What does the witchgrass say it will someday do at the end of "Witchgrass"?

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