View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections II through VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are all the poems in the second section about?
(a) Water.
(b) Literature.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Animals.

2. In Everything, what are we told to look to for examination?
(a) Our goals.
(b) Our surroundings.
(c) Ourselves.
(d) Our God.

3. What is the prey in Prose Poem 2?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A starling.
(c) A hummingbird.
(d) A snake.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these words is used by the editor to describe Oliver's style?

2. What is the subject of Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?

3. In The Soul At Last, what is Oliver writing about doing?

4. In Mindful, what does Oliver say she sees everyday?

5. What did Oliver do at the end of Work Sometimes?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 197 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample