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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What time of day does the poem "End of Winter" describe at the beginning?
(a) Early afternoon.
(b) Early morning.
(c) Late evening.
(d) Twilight.

4. What flowers "burst" up as a sign of spring in "The Garden"?
(a) White Irises.
(b) Trilliums.
(c) Purple Crocuses.
(d) Red Roses.

5. Who does the speaker in "Matins" (#4) say s/he should be buried with at the end of the poem?
(a) Her husband.
(b) The tomato plant.
(c) The Romantics.
(d) The dying flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet in "Matins" (#1) disagrees with Noah, saying that she feels attached to what?

2. What does the witchgrass say the garden bed is a paradigm of in "Witchgrass"?

3. Who is the speaker in "Retreating Wind"?

4. Under what great tree does the lamium live in "Lamium"?

5. Who is the speaker in "End of Winter"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Witchgrass," the witchgrass tells the gardener that it will remain for how long?

2. What does the speaker ask God's forgiveness for in "Matins" (#3)?

3. What does the trilium flower learn in its first moments of life in "Trillium" and why?

4. Why does the hawthorn tree say it does not have to follow the couple to know what they are going through in "Hawthorn Tree"?

5. What pain does the iris describe in "Wild Iris"?

6. How do the violets refer to the gardener in "Violets"?

7. In "Witchgrass," why does the witchgrass feel humans needed to give them a name?

8. What surprises the snowdrop flower at the end of "Snowdrops"?

9. In "Love in Moonlight," how does the speaker describe how humans sometimes force their despair on others?

10. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#2) say in regards to the lesson God tried to teach humanity?

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