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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 come to a better understanding of human nature?
(a) She looks to non-human examples.
(b) She talks to people of different ages.
(c) She meditates.
(d) She observes the ocean tides.

2. What had stacked up on the table in Work Sometimes?
(a) Books.
(b) Papers.
(c) Work.
(d) All of these.

3. What is the turtle in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones, doing?
(a) Burying her eggs.
(b) Swimming in the lake.
(c) Teaching her babies to swim.
(d) Dying.

4. What does Oliver think people should pay more attention to in life?
(a) Loving.
(b) Aging.
(c) Living.
(d) Passing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Measure, what happens in the pinewoods?

2. How is the pond in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones described?

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

4. What does Oliver try to identify at the beginning of Work Sometimes?

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

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