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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 say she was outside of while writing Work Sometimes?
(a) Her usual style.
(b) Her natural setting.
(c) Her authentic self.
(d) Her intended purpose.

2. What is the subject of Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?
(a) Literature.
(b) Nature.
(c) Motivations.
(d) Personal identity.

3. What does Oliver observe at the end of Work Sometimes?
(a) Desire.
(b) Nature.
(c) Humans.
(d) Literature.

4. What does Oliver compare picking the right words to in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?
(a) Picking fruit.
(b) Growing a garden.
(c) Threading a needle.
(d) Sorting money.

5. What is Oliver trying to establish an intimacy with in Work Sometimes?
(a) A man.
(b) Her God.
(c) The reader.
(d) Herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are we told to examine in Everything?

2. In Everything, what are we told to look to for examination?

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. Where did Oliver attend college?

5. Which of the following is not a place Oliver says she wants to be while writing her poems in Everything?

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