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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 language in the first section of poems?
(a) Basic.
(b) Adorned.
(c) Descriptive.
(d) Imaginative.

2. What does Oliver say is possible at the beginning of Daisies?
(a) That our spirits will live forever.
(b) That we can be as wise as we wish.
(c) That we can learn the language of a flower.
(d) That we can learn all there is to learn.

3. What does Oliver hope to show about the world in her poems?
(a) How the world works.
(b) How to navigate through the world.
(c) Where the world has been.
(d) What is becoming of the world.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many poems are in the first section?

2. What are most of Oliver's precious poems about?

3. What did Oliver do at the end of Work Sometimes?

4. Which of these is a line from The Bleeding Heart?

5. In While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what is the song of the bird called?

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