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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 the narrator want to do at the end of 'The Meeting'?

2. What are seen drinking at the Great Pond?

3. What makes the narrator of 'Fish' and the fish one?

4. Who is the wood duck calling to in 'Little Sister Pond'?

5. What becomes nameless in the 'Blackwater Woods'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator of 'Morning at Great Pond' say the coming morning renews in her at the Great Pond?

2. What does the narrator of 'Honey at the Table' say the taste of honey is composed of?

3. What does the narrator of 'Crossing the Swamp' find in the swamp?

4. In 'Crossing the Swamp', what does the narrator say she hopes to make of her life?

5. What does the narrator of 'Tecumseh' say is worse than risking death?

6. How does the narrator of 'Crossing the Swamp' feel when she gets covered in the mud from the swamp?

7. What is the prayer whispered in 'The Garden', and who is it meant for?

8. What three things does the narrator of 'In Blackwater Woods' say all men must do?

9. What does honey fill a person with according to the narrator of 'Honey at the Table'?

10. What does the narrator do in the second part of 'The Garden'?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was John Chapman, and how did he change the history and landscape of America?

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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