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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of year does the poet in "The Doorway" wish she could remain forever?
(a) Late Spring.
(b) Late Summer.
(c) Early Spring.
(d) Early Summer.

2. Where does the speaker of "Jacob's Ladder" feel it is trapped?
(a) In the earth.
(b) In limbo.
(c) In a garden.
(d) In Hell.

3. What season is described at the start of "Vespers" (#6)?
(a) Late winter.
(b) Midsummer.
(c) Late autumn.
(d) Early spring.

4. What happens to the flowers at the top of the bush while the one at the bottom blooms dark red in "Song"?
(a) The wind blows away their petals.
(b) They thrive.
(c) They are picked.
(d) They wilt.

5. Where does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" want to go?
(a) Back in the garden.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Inside the house.
(d) To the forest.

6. Who is the speaker in "End of Summer"?
(a) The poet.
(b) God.
(c) Earth.
(d) Heaven.

7. How is the sun described as it shines off the mountains in "Matins" (#7)?
(a) A stream of light.
(b) Yellow brilliance.
(c) A bright spotlight.
(d) White fire.

8. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#6) feel happens to her over and over at the start of the poem?
(a) Her garden fails.
(b) Her heart breaks.
(c) Her roses die.
(d) She suffers the seasons.

9. What flower does the poet in "The Doorway" describe as it just starts to open?
(a) Irises.
(b) Crocuses.
(c) Roses.
(d) Tulips.

10. Who is the speaker in "Early Darkness"?
(a) The nigth sky.
(b) God.
(c) All humanity.
(d) The poet.

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

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

13. Where does the speaker of "Vespers" (#4) say she knows God is at the start of the poem?
(a) In the cool summer breeze.
(b) In the garden with Noah.
(c) In the garden with John.
(d) In the garden at sunset.

14. In "The Red Poppy," what does the red poppy say it does not have despite having feelings?
(a) A friend.
(b) A caretaker.
(c) A mind.
(d) A soul.

15. Who is "the lord in heaven" according to the poppy in "The Red Poppy"?
(a) The sun.
(b) The gardener.
(c) God.
(d) The rain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what does the speaker in "Heaven and Earth" observe as wanting it all as s/he stands on the horizon?

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

3. What time of year is everything possible according to the speaker in "Heaven and Earth"?

4. Why does the speaker feel it is difficult to please all creations?

5. Who is the speaker in "Vespers" (#1)?

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