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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 is featured in At Round Pond?
(a) A cougar.
(b) An owl.
(c) A skunk.
(d) A beaver.

2. Which of these is a phrase from At Round Pond?
(a) Need for nothing.
(b) Flow of living.
(c) Flight and frenzy.
(d) Lush of meaning.

3. What does Oliver call the things in life that are not human?
(a) Co-inhabitants.
(b) Others.
(c) Non-humans.
(d) Partners.

4. What does Oliver do to the daisies at the end of Daisies?
(a) Picks some.
(b) Touches them.
(c) Plants some seeds.
(d) Prunes them.

5. What does using nature in her poems allow Oliver to do?
(a) Broaden her range.
(b) Open minds.
(c) Accept responsibility.
(d) Set forth an interpretation.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Mindful, what does Oliver say almost kills her every day?

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

3. How does the editor describe the language in the first section of poems?

4. How does Oliver state we must pray in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

5. What does Oliver say she calls herself everyday in Mindful?

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