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

2. What does Oliver describe as dazzling in Spring?
(a) Darkness.
(b) Warmth.
(c) Light.
(d) Truth.

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

4. What tone does Oliver take on at the end of Work Sometimes?
(a) Relaxing.
(b) Frantic.
(c) Omniscient.
(d) Self-referencing.

5. Which of the following is a line from Work Sometimes?
(a) Sameness can be found in any landscape.
(b) Those who know need not read longer.
(c) Desire will consume those who don't care to control.
(d) You have had days like this, no doubt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver try to avoid awkwardness in as she is writing?

2. What does Oliver want to celebrate in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?

3. How do the characters in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones feel about the events in the poem?

4. How does Oliver state we must pray in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

5. What are cantos?

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