New and Selected Poems Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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New and Selected Poems Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Oliver say Everything first came to her?

3. Which of these is a line from The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

4. What is the name of the first section of poems in this group?

5. What does the editor say Oliver is NOT trying to do with the poems in the first section?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones, what does Oliver ask about a turtle?

2. In Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones, what does Oliver ask about the blue heron?

3. In The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that Comes First, what does Mary Oliver state the real method of praying should be?

4. What did Mary Oliver compare the hawk in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that Comes First to when it was in the grass?

5. In Everything, what does Oliver say she wants her poems to be able to do?

6. What did Oliver do at the beginning of The Measure?

7. What parts of grammar does Oliver say she wants to cherish in Everything, and why?

8. In Everything, where are some of the places Oliver states she wants to go when she writes?

9. What did the hawk do at the end of The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that Comes First?

10. At the end of Everything, what does Oliver say she wants her poems to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which of these poems did you relate most to, and why? What about that poem touched you in a personal way?

Essay Topic 2

Religion was a theme that was touched on a number of times in this book. Where did this theme appear, and what are some of the different ways this theme was introduced?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how are these instances conveyed?

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