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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 Oliver describe Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches?
(a) An observation.
(b) A psalm.
(c) A meditation.
(d) A prayer.

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

3. What is distinct about the poems from West Wind?
(a) They are more adventurous.
(b) They have a sad tone.
(c) They are more philosophical.
(d) They are light and witty.

4. What kind of words does Oliver hope to find while writing in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?
(a) Meaningful words.
(b) Common, but amazing words.
(c) Ripe words.
(d) Doubled words.

5. Which of these is a phrase from At Round Pond?
(a) Need for nothing.
(b) Flight and frenzy.
(c) Lush of meaning.
(d) Flow of living.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oliver describe the eyes of the animal in At Round Pond?

2. Which of these is a line from The Measure?

3. In May, what does Oliver say makes any dark place luminous?

4. What season is recalled in Prose Poem 1?

5. Which of the following does Oliver say she learns from in Mindful?

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