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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. In The Measure, what does the author say we must do to fully experience life?
(a) Discard safety.
(b) Think of new directions.
(c) Help one another.
(d) Give it a trial.

2. Why does Oliver like to use her most common literary device?
(a) It makes her work unique.
(b) It comes easily to her.
(c) It broadens understanding of humans.
(d) It is a symbolic form of writing.

3. What are most of the poems in this collection about?
(a) Education.
(b) Plants and animals.
(c) Literature.
(d) People.

4. When did the poet say the animal in The Measure had began her journey?
(a) In the early morning.
(b) Shortly before she appeared.
(c) When she was first born.
(d) In the middle of the night.

5. How does the editor describe the language in the first section of poems?
(a) Descriptive.
(b) Adorned.
(c) Basic.
(d) Imaginative.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oliver use plants and animals in her poems?

2. What did the animal in The Measure do when the poet tried to save it?

3. What does Oliver try to avoid awkwardness in as she is writing?

4. How many poems are in the first section?

5. How does Oliver come to a better understanding of human nature?

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