New and Selected Poems Test | Final Test - Easy

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New and Selected Poems Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oliver say is irrefutable in The Soul At Last?
(a) The hope for the future.
(b) The trail of the past.
(c) The existence of the soul.
(d) The love of humans.

2. In The Soul At Last, what is Oliver writing about doing?
(a) Attending Mass.
(b) Burying a friend.
(c) Giving a eulogy.
(d) Watching the seasons change.

3. In Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say life has been as soft as?
(a) A kitten.
(b) A wheat field.
(c) A night sky.
(d) A pond.

4. In Mindful, what does Oliver say almost kills her every day?
(a) Memories.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Delight.
(d) Anger.

5. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver say gives prayers?
(a) Brooks.
(b) Children.
(c) Trees.
(d) Stars.

6. What are the butterflies doing at the end of Seven White Butterflies?
(a) Nodding.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Sipping.
(d) Flying.

7. In May, what does Oliver say makes any dark place luminous?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Light.
(d) Flowers.

8. In Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say the tree angel is watching over?
(a) An egg.
(b) The pond.
(c) The stillness.
(d) A bird.

9. What literary device is used heavily in Prose Poem 2?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Simile.

10. In Song of the Builders, what does Oliver think about?
(a) Nature.
(b) Poetry.
(c) God.
(d) Earth.

11. In Forty Years, what does Oliver say she struggles with?
(a) The ignorance of people.
(b) The limitations of language.
(c) The need for knowledge.
(d) The ellusive symbolism.

12. In While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what is the song of the bird called?
(a) A thrill song.
(b) A sweet melody.
(c) A speech in progress.
(d) An observation.

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

14. In While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what is the song of the bird compared to?
(a) A trumpet of declaration.
(b) A conversation.
(c) A hymn of thanks.
(d) A psalm of love.

15. What necessity has Oliver resigned to in Forty Years?
(a) Talking with other people.
(b) Noting her inconsistencies.
(c) Realizing she is mortal.
(d) Communicating by words.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season does Song of the Builders take place in?

2. How many lines is Prose Poem 1?

3. In At Round Pond, what does Oliver say both life and death are?

4. In Seven White Butterflies, which of these does Oliver compare the flying butterflies to?

5. What are all the poems in the second section about?

(see the answer keys)

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