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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 color is the creature described in the second part of 'Little Sister Pond'?

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

3. What does the narrator of 'The Snakes' compare the snakes to?

4. What does the listener drown in in 'Music'?

5. What do the leaves on the honey tree look like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the lovers in 'Something' do?

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

3. What does Tecumseh mean?

4. What do the lovers in 'Something' hear?

5. What does the narrator of 'The Roses' say there is no end to?

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

7. What are the snakes compared to in 'Snakes'?

8. What does the narrator in 'Something' learn the worth of after her lover dies?

9. What does the narrator of 'Little Sister Pond' compare the moon to?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in these poems. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the different natural settings included in this collection, and what did they each indicate about Oliver's personality?

Essay Topic 3

What did Oliver state about happiness in 'The Plum Trees', and how were these ideas substantiated?

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