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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections II through VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Oliver trying to establish the intimacy she desires in Work Sometimes?
(a) She uses a conversational tone.
(b) She breaks down some barriers.
(c) She is very open.
(d) She has some suggestive innuendos.

2. Why did Oliver choose the tone she did at the beginning of Work Sometimes?
(a) She wanted to draw the reader in.
(b) She wanted it to seem as though the conversation was already in place.
(c) She wanted to set it apart from her other poems.
(d) She wanted the poem to flow easily.

3. Which of these is a line from Seven White Butterflies?
(a) Where would I go if I were one with them?
(b) Why am I not with them now?
(c) What am I to learn from this?
(d) Who would have thought it could be so easy.

4. Which of the following is NOT a word Oliver says she wants to use often in Everything?
(a) Joy.
(b) Heart.
(c) Wonderment.
(d) Heavy.

5. What was singing to Oliver in Work Sometimes?
(a) The wind.
(b) Robins.
(c) Street cars.
(d) The radio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of citizen did the poet call the animal in The Measure?

2. What had stacked up on the table in Work Sometimes?

3. Which of these is a line from The Measure?

4. What does Oliver say we are building in Song of the Builders?

5. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver say shouts out its name?

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