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

2. How does Oliver state we must pray in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) We must desire and pursue.
(b) We must listen and obey.
(c) We must observe and meditate.
(d) We must ask and wait.

3. In Mindful, what does Oliver say she was born to do?
(a) To lose herself.
(b) To look.
(c) All of these.
(d) To listen.

4. What does Oliver envy in While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing?
(a) The non-human creations.
(b) The youth in others.
(c) The ones who have passed on.
(d) God's power.

5. What does Oliver say about our lives in The Measure?
(a) They are purposeful.
(b) They are blessed.
(c) They are watched over.
(d) They are our right.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver call the things in life that are not human?

2. What is the animal symbolic of in At Round Pond?

3. What necessity has Oliver resigned to in Forty Years?

4. In Mindful, what does Oliver say she sees everyday?

5. What is the name of the first section of poems in this group?

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