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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 did the rain in Work Sometimes do to the flowers in the yard?
(a) Made them fragrant.
(b) Killed them.
(c) Brought them out of the earth.
(d) Made them shine.

2. What tone does Oliver take on at the end of Work Sometimes?
(a) Relaxing.
(b) Frantic.
(c) Omniscient.
(d) Self-referencing.

3. What is the first plant talked about in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?
(a) Barley.
(b) Roses.
(c) Corn.
(d) Wheat.

4. What does Oliver want to celebrate in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?
(a) Information.
(b) Motivation.
(c) Recognition.
(d) Daily mysteries.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of these is a line from The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

3. What time of day did the poet try to save the animal in The Measure?

4. In Everything, what does Oliver say she has faith in?

5. What does the editor say is Oliver's signature on her work?

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