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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. In The Measure, what does the author say we must do to fully experience life?
(a) Give it a trial.
(b) Think of new directions.
(c) Discard safety.
(d) Help one another.

2. In Seven White Butterflies, what does Oliver compare butterfly wings to?
(a) Pages.
(b) Songs.
(c) Petals.
(d) Breezes.

3. What did Oliver say the woman who planted the bleeding heart plant probably got joy from in The Bleeding Heart?
(a) Productive things.
(b) Simple things.
(c) Meaningful things.
(d) Pretty things.

4. What is the predator in Prose Poem 2?
(a) A falcon.
(b) A vulture.
(c) A hawk.
(d) An eagle.

5. What adjective does Oliver use to describe the world in Mindful?
(a) Soft.
(b) Absent.
(c) Needed.
(d) Harsh.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oliver describe H's in Forty Years?

2. What is the prey in Prose Poem 2?

3. What style is Work Sometimes written in?

4. What is the length of most of Oliver's poems in this collection?

5. What does Oliver call most of her poems?

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