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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#2) suggest God withhold if He wishes for her to continue to grow tomatoes?
(a) The scorching sun.
(b) Heavy rains and cold nights.
(c) Her self doubt.
(d) His wrath.

2. Who or what does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" address?
(a) God.
(b) The gardener.
(c) A jacob's ladder plant.
(d) The heavens.

3. What is the gardener in "Matins" (#5) pretending to do in the beginning of the poem?
(a) Weed the garden.
(b) Harvest her vegetables.
(c) Pray.
(d) Water the plants.

4. 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.

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

6. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#5) say she lives mostly in at the start of the poem?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Darkness.
(c) The garden.
(d) Religious contemplation.

7. Who is the speaker of "Midsummer"?
(a) The sun.
(b) Humanity.
(c) God.
(d) The poet.

8. Who is the speaker in "Matins" (#5)?
(a) A weed.
(b) God.
(c) The flower bed.
(d) The gardener.

9. What is the "sign of blessedness" (30) referred to in "Clover"?
(a) The summer breeze.
(b) A four-leaf clover.
(c) The sun shine.
(d) God.

10. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#3) think might be God's gift to her so that she is aware she needs Him?
(a) The drought.
(b) The garden.
(c) The sheep.
(d) Pain.

11. Who is the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder"?
(a) The gardener.
(b) Heaven.
(c) God.
(d) A jacob's ladder plant.

12. What color do the sick trees turn in "Matins" (#5)?
(a) Light green.
(b) Deep red.
(c) Brilliant yellow.
(d) Dull brown.

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

14. What adjective does the person in "Vespers" (#1) use to describe the peach which grows only in warm climates?
(a) Juicy.
(b) Unimaginable.
(c) Bountiful.
(d) Fragile.

15. The daisies in "Daisies" say that the mind wants to shine like what?
(a) Dew covered grass.
(b) The shimmering lake.
(c) Machines.
(d) The sun.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the daisies in "Daisies" say will happen if the person were to share her views of the natural world with others?

3. What does the person in "Vespers" (#1) try to plant as a test of God's existence?

4. Where does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" want to go?

5. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#3) wonder if God loves more than her?

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