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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 are cantos?
(a) Descriptions.
(b) Prose works.
(c) Parts of a larger work.
(d) Songs.

2. How does Oliver describe Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches?
(a) A meditation.
(b) A psalm.
(c) An observation.
(d) A prayer.

3. How is How Would You Live Then formatted?
(a) Sonnett form.
(b) Prose form.
(c) Limerick form.
(d) Choral form.

4. In Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say the tree angel is watching over?
(a) A bird.
(b) An egg.
(c) The stillness.
(d) The pond.

5. In Song of the Builders, what does Oliver think about?
(a) Earth.
(b) Nature.
(c) Poetry.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Everything, what are we told to look to for examination?

2. In At Round Pond, what does Oliver say both life and death are?

3. What kind of words does Oliver hope to find while writing in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?

4. What does Oliver describe as dazzling in Spring?

5. What does Oliver ask the reader in The Bleeding Heart after describing the plant?

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