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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. How does the editor describe the thought put into these poems?
(a) Omniscient.
(b) Effervescent.
(c) Microscopic.
(d) Exuberant.

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

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

4. In Everything, what does Oliver say she has faith in?
(a) Her words.
(b) Her art.
(c) Her God.
(d) Herself.

5. What are most of the poems in this collection about?
(a) People.
(b) Education.
(c) Plants and animals.
(d) Literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first plant talked about in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?

2. What kind of hands does Oliver hope to write her poetry with?

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

4. In Song of the Builders, where does Oliver go to think?

5. What were the eyes of the animal compared to in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

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