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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. What is distinct about the poems from West Wind?
(a) They are light and witty.
(b) They are more adventurous.
(c) They are more philosophical.
(d) They have a sad tone.

2. Which of these is a phrase from At Round Pond?
(a) Flight and frenzy.
(b) Lush of meaning.
(c) Flow of living.
(d) Need for nothing.

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

4. In Seven White Butterflies, which of these authors does Oliver mention?
(a) Donne.
(b) Dickenson.
(c) Yeats.
(d) Whitman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver say we are building in Song of the Builders?

2. What does Oliver say always seems brighter than the present in Prose Poem 1?

3. What adjective does Oliver use to describe the world in Mindful?

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

5. Which of these is a line from Seven White Butterflies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Oliver describe letters in Forty Years?

2. What is the main message of Daisies?

3. In Mindful, where does Oliver say she gets all of her teaching?

4. What does Oliver say spring is like for humans?

5. What are some of the questions asked in How Would You Live Then?

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 While I am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what does Oliver say she has envied her whole life?

8. Which authors does Oliver mention in Seven White Butterflies, and why?

9. In Mindful, what does Oliver say she was born to do?

10. In May, what does Oliver say she wants to see?

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