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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal was featured in The Measure?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) An armadillo.
(d) A box turtle.

2. In The Soul At Last, which of these does Oliver compare the soul to?
(a) Tree bark.
(b) Aspen leaves.
(c) Birds' nests.
(d) Children's prayers.

3. What is the name of the first section of poems in this group?
(a) New Poems.
(b) 2004.
(c) The Begininning.
(d) First.

4. What had stacked up on the table in Work Sometimes?
(a) Books.
(b) Papers.
(c) Work.
(d) All of these.

5. What makes Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches different from the other poems in that section?
(a) It includes an illustration.
(b) Visual separators.
(c) It is in prose form.
(d) A lack of grammar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a word Oliver says she wants to use often in Everything?

2. What does Oliver say always seems brighter than the present in Prose Poem 1?

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

4. What does Oliver try to identify at the beginning of Work Sometimes?

5. How does Oliver say Everything first came to her?

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