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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through New Poems (2004 - 2005).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color were the eyes of the animal in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

2. What kind of hands does Oliver hope to write her poetry with?
(a) Busy hands.
(b) Quiet hands.
(c) Useful hands.
(d) Rough hands.

3. What is the turtle in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones, doing?
(a) Dying.
(b) Burying her eggs.
(c) Teaching her babies to swim.
(d) Swimming in the lake.

4. Which of these words is used by the editor to describe Oliver's style?
(a) Deep.
(b) Rich.
(c) All of these.
(d) Colorful.

5. What else does the editor say there is an absence of in the first section of poems?
(a) Confusing similes.
(b) Personification.
(c) Allusions.
(d) Obscure references.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the characters in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones feel about the events in the poem?

2. What does using nature in her poems allow Oliver to do?

3. What are most of the poems in this collection about?

4. How does Oliver state we must pray in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

5. How are the poems in this book grouped together?

(see the answer key)

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