New and Selected Poems Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

New and Selected Poems Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What does Oliver compare herself to at the beginning of Mindful?

2. In Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say the tree angel is watching over?

3. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver talk about in a painting?

4. What creature is featured in May?

5. What does Oliver say is irrefutable in The Soul At Last?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Oliver say the owl is symbolic of in At Round Pond?

2. What does Oliver talk about in Bleeding Heart?

3. How does Oliver describe the spirit in The Soul At Last?

4. What is the poet amazed by in Mindful?

5. What creature is described in Spring, and why?

6. In Grass, what does Oliver say is the most important time of all, and why?

7. What does Oliver say we are all helping to build in Song of the Builders?

8. What is compared in Many Miles?

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

10. What does Oliver state she can't wait for at the end of Long Afternoon at the Edge of Sister Pond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the particular animals that were included in these poems, and what did their inclusion do to the tone of the poems?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in these poems, and what are some of the major symbols presented?

Essay Topic 3

How is prose poetry different from other forms, and what other effects did prose form have on the poems written in that style?

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