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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 rising sun in 'Morning at Great Pond' make the night do?

2. How many things does the narrator of 'Blackwater Woods' say a man must do in the world?

3. How does the narrator describe the movement of the creature described in the second part of 'Little Sister Pond'?

4. What does the narrator of 'White Night' compare the coming morning to?

5. What do the frogs shout in 'Blossom'?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the question asked at the end of 'The Garden'?

3. What does the narrator say mankind is nourished by in 'The Fish'?

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

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

6. What does Tecumseh mean?

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

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

9. What happens in the sixth part of 'Little Sister Pond'?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In 'Crossing the Swamp' Oliver talks about how trials and hardships have shaped her life. What are some of the ways her life was shaped by these things, and how did she present these ideas in this poem.

Essay Topic 2

Which poem did you relate to the most in this book? Why is this? What about this poem touched you, and why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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