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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 'Clapp's Pond', how wide is Clapp's Pond?

2. What charts the health of the patients at the hospital?

3. How do men protect themselves when it grows colder, according to 'Cold Poem'?

4. What does John Chapman use as a hat in 'John Chapman'?

5. What makes the crows so angry with the owl in 'Crows and Owls'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator see before leaving the hospital in 'University Hospital, Boston'?

2. Who was John Chapman?

3. How do most people feel about vultures according to the narrator of 'Vultures'?

4. What does the narrator's companion tell her over and over while at the hospital in 'University Hospital, Boston'?

5. What does the person in 'Skunk Cabbage' love about the woods?

6. What is the person in 'Skunk Cabbage' looking for, and what do they find?

7. What question is asked at the beginning of 'Ghosts'?

8. What is 'Ghosts' really about?

9. Where does personification fit in 'Lightning'?

10. What is the central theme in the first four poems?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some of these poems alluded to Oliver's belief in God and her religious views. How did this this religious center affect the tone of the poems and the messages being presented in them?

Essay Topic 2

There was a lot of interesting advice given and received in these poems. What are some examples of this advice, and what were the consequences of it?

Essay Topic 3

Through these poems, Oliver presented a very interesting and unique philosophy on life. What was this philosophy, and how did this different idealism affect the tone of her literature?

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