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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 did the animal in The Measure do when the poet tried to save it?
(a) Ran away.
(b) Looked into her eye.
(c) Bit her.
(d) Hissed at her.

2. What is the first animal Oliver talks about in Spring?
(a) A raccoon.
(b) A deer.
(c) A dog.
(d) A bear.

3. What makes Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches different from the other poems in that section?
(a) It is in prose form.
(b) A lack of grammar.
(c) Visual separators.
(d) It includes an illustration.

4. What is the length of most of Oliver's poems in this collection?
(a) A few short stanzas.
(b) Just a few lines.
(c) Medium in length.
(d) Many pages.

5. What does Oliver call the center of the daisies in Daisies?
(a) Their center.
(b) Their heart.
(c) Their being.
(d) Their mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Soul At Last, which of these does Oliver say the composition of the soul is like?

2. What does using nature in her poems allow Oliver to do?

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

4. How long did the bleeding heart plant survive in The Bleeding Heart?

5. What does the editor say is Oliver's signature on her work?

(see the answer key)

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