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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 is distinct about the poems from West Wind?
(a) They are more philosophical.
(b) They have a sad tone.
(c) They are light and witty.
(d) They are more adventurous.

2. How does Oliver describe the eyes of the animal in At Round Pond?
(a) Tawny.
(b) Trembling.
(c) Golden.
(d) Foreboding.

3. What season does Song of the Builders take place in?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

4. How does Oliver describe the sound of snowflakes?
(a) Soooooooooooooooooo.
(b) Nooooooooooooooo.
(c) Snoooooooooooooooo.
(d) Gooooooooooooooo.

5. What literary device is used heavily in Prose Poem 2?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are we told to examine in Everything?

2. Why did Oliver choose the simple titles for her poems?

3. What else does the editor say there is an absence of in the first section of poems?

4. What does Oliver observe at the end of Work Sometimes?

5. What does Oliver say all narrative is in Prose Poem 2?

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