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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 Oliver try to identify at the beginning of Work Sometimes?
(a) An identity.
(b) A shared experience.
(c) A memorable moment.
(d) A happy memory.

2. At the beginning of Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say she is humbled by?
(a) Nature.
(b) Love.
(c) Life.
(d) Religion.

3. How many quatrains make up Forty Years?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

4. How does Oliver use plants and animals in her poems?
(a) They are her foils.
(b) They are her friends.
(c) They are her distractions.
(d) They are her focal point.

5. What does Oliver wish to be at the end of Bleeding Heart?
(a) A woman who would not weep.
(b) The woman who planted the flowers.
(c) The friend of a gardener.
(d) A bleeding heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Mindful, what kind of things does Oliver say we should lose ourselves in?

2. What kind of words does Oliver hope to find while writing in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?

3. What is distinct about the poems from West Wind?

4. In Work Sometimes, what does Oliver say happiness is?

5. In The Measure, what does the author say we must do to fully experience life?

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