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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the daisies in "Daisies" say will happen if the person were to share her views of the natural world with others?
(a) She will be laughed at again.
(b) Nobody will care.
(c) God will bless her.
(d) People will listen.

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

3. What does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" think the woman's grief signifies at the end of the poem?
(a) Her desire for immortality.
(b) Pain of losing her partner.
(c) Depression.
(d) Frustration with her garden.

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

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

6. What does the speaker wonder if the person s/he is addressing looks for while looking beyond the field?
(a) A better place to garden.
(b) Heaven.
(c) A sign the rain is coming.
(d) A sign from God.

7. What is blooming at the start of "Song"?
(a) A wood violet.
(b) An iris.
(c) A wild rose.
(d) A purple crocus.

8. What does the person in "Vespers" (#1) say she struggles to share with her husband and son?
(a) Her figs.
(b) The peaches.
(c) Apricots.
(d) The tomato crop.

9. Who is the field of daisies addressing in "Daisies"?
(a) Th sun.
(b) The violets.
(c) God.
(d) A human.

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

11. Who does the speaker in "Field Flowers" address?
(a) God.
(b) The poet.
(c) A field of flowers.
(d) The tall grass.

12. Why does the red poppy say it is speaking at the end of "The Red Poppy"?
(a) Because it is scared.
(b) Because it has found God.
(c) Because it cares for humanity.
(d) Because it is shattered.

13. Why does the speaker say humans suffer at the end of "Early Darkness"?
(a) Because they were born.
(b) Because they touched each other.
(c) Because they forget to pray.
(d) Because they do not believe in Him.

14. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#1) say she does more intensely than others?
(a) Praises God.
(b) Despairs.
(c) Gardens.
(d) Eats tomatoes.

15. Who does the speaker say God created mistrust between in "Vespers" (#6)?
(a) Brother and sister.
(b) Mother and daughter.
(c) Brother and brother.
(d) Father and son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "sign of blessedness" (30) referred to in "Clover"?

2. Who is "the lord in heaven" according to the poppy in "The Red Poppy"?

3. Who is God speaking to in "Harvest"?

4. What do humans view most of the clovers in the garden as in "Clover"?

5. Where does the person in "Vespers" (#1) suggest God may only exist?

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