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

2. What poet did Oliver live with for a time?
(a) Merril.
(b) Marvel.
(c) Millay.
(d) Miller.

3. What does Oliver like to assign to inanimate objects in her poems?
(a) Human characteristics.
(b) Descriptions.
(c) Identities.
(d) Functions.

4. What does using nature in her poems allow Oliver to do?
(a) Accept responsibility.
(b) Open minds.
(c) Set forth an interpretation.
(d) Broaden her range.

5. In Everything, what are we told to do in order to truly grasp the idea of poetry?
(a) The temporary.
(b) The unimportant.
(c) The singular.
(d) Everything.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Oliver try to write most of her poems about?

3. How is The Bleeding Heart formatted?

4. At the beginning of Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say she is humbled by?

5. What storms out of the darkness in May?

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