New and Selected Poems Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

New and Selected Poems Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 Oliver do at the end of Work Sometimes?
(a) Closed her blinds.
(b) Went back to work.
(c) Took a nap.
(d) Ran for her life.

2. What does Oliver say is NOT praying in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) Witnessing with the eyes.
(b) Seeing and noticing.
(c) Seeing what has not been seen.
(d) Observing.

3. How many poems are in the first section?
(a) 32.
(b) 42.
(c) 22.
(d) 52.

4. What does Oliver say she wants readers of Everything to look beyond?
(a) The lines.
(b) The meaning.
(c) The page.
(d) The words.

5. What is Oliver trying to describe with the lilt in the words in Everything?
(a) Creation.
(b) Gravity.
(c) Human Nature.
(d) Choices.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver call most of her poems?

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

3. What does the editor say there is an absence of in the first section of poems?

4. What were the eyes of the animal compared to in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

5. What does Oliver want to celebrate in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?

(see the answer key)

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