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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 does the editor say Oliver is NOT trying to do with the poems in the first section?
(a) Observe humanity.
(b) Surprise the reader.
(c) Make the reader think.
(d) Observe nature.

2. How is The Bleeding Heart formatted?
(a) Limerick form.
(b) Sonnett form.
(c) Choral form.
(d) Prose form.

3. What were the eyes of the animal compared to in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) Glass.
(b) Worlds.
(c) Water.
(d) Microscopes.

4. What does Oliver say we are building in Song of the Builders?
(a) The nation.
(b) The past.
(c) The universe.
(d) The future.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What belongs to the animal in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

2. How is How Would You Live Then formatted?

3. What is the first plant talked about in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?

4. What storms out of the darkness in May?

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

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