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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. What does Oliver describe with the words red fire in Spring?
(a) The pain of birth.
(b) The warmth of the sun.
(c) Eyes.
(d) A tongue.

2. What does Oliver say would make the mocker silent in Daisies?
(a) Answers.
(b) Pride.
(c) Avoidance.
(d) Questions.

3. What storms out of the darkness in May?
(a) Frights.
(b) Blossoms.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Thrills.

4. What does Oliver say she calls herself everyday in Mindful?
(a) A tutor.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A student.
(d) A scholar.

5. What necessity has Oliver resigned to in Forty Years?
(a) Talking with other people.
(b) Realizing she is mortal.
(c) Noting her inconsistencies.
(d) Communicating by words.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the bleeding heart plant survive in The Bleeding Heart?

2. How does the editor describe the language in the first section of poems?

3. What is the predator in Prose Poem 2?

4. In Mindful, what does Oliver say she was born to do?

5. How is Oliver trying to establish the intimacy she desires in Work Sometimes?

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