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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through New Poems (2004 - 2005).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Oliver say Everything first came to her?
(a) A dream.
(b) A moment of calm.
(c) A vision.
(d) A quiet whispering.

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

3. What does Oliver observe at the end of Work Sometimes?
(a) Desire.
(b) Humans.
(c) Nature.
(d) Literature.

4. What does the editor say there is an absence of in the first section of poems?
(a) Anachronisms.
(b) Deep analogies.
(c) Metaphors.
(d) Inside jokes.

5. What does Oliver like to assign to inanimate objects in her poems?
(a) Identities.
(b) Human characteristics.
(c) Functions.
(d) Descriptions.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Everything, what does Oliver say she has faith in?

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

3. What is the name of the first section of poems in this group?

4. Which of the following is a line from Work Sometimes?

5. What time of day did the poet try to save the animal in The Measure?

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