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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In Seven White Butterflies, what does Oliver compare butterfly wings to?
(a) Songs.
(b) Pages.
(c) Breezes.
(d) Petals.
2. What is the first animal Oliver talks about in Spring?
(a) A deer.
(b) A dog.
(c) A bear.
(d) A raccoon.
3. How does Oliver describe H's in Forty Years?
(a) Inconsistent.
(b) Hidden.
(c) Harsh.
(d) Soldierly.
4. Which of these is a line from The Bleeding Heart?
(a) I think that was true.
(b) I wish that I were her.
(c) Where could that have gone?
(d) What has become of her.
5. What does Oliver say would make the mocker silent in Daisies?
(a) Avoidance.
(b) Answers.
(c) Questions.
(d) Pride.
Short Answer Questions
1. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver talk about being an adviser?
2. How many lines is Prose Poem 1?
3. In Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say life has been as soft as?
4. What is distinct about the poems from West Wind?
5. What kind of creature did Oliver write about in Song of the Builders?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which authors does Oliver mention in Seven White Butterflies, and why?
2. In Prose Poem 2, what does Oliver say about narrative, and how does this change the feeling of the poem?
3. What creature is described in Spring, and why?
4. In While I am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what does Oliver say she has envied her whole life?
5. What is the main message of Daisies?
6. In While I am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what does Oliver compare the meadowlark's song to?
7. In Mindful, what does Oliver say she sees everyday?
8. In Grass, what does Oliver say is the most important time of all, and why?
9. What is the overall feeling in Prose Poem 1?
10. What does Oliver state she can't wait for at the end of Long Afternoon at the Edge of Sister Pond?
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