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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. What necessity has Oliver resigned to in Forty Years?
(a) Noting her inconsistencies.
(b) Communicating by words.
(c) Talking with other people.
(d) Realizing she is mortal.

2. What does Oliver say is indefinable in The Soul At Last?
(a) The afterlife.
(b) The body.
(c) The spirit.
(d) The mind.

3. What amazing event happens to the catbird in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?
(a) Finding a mate.
(b) Learning to fly.
(c) Building a nest.
(d) Hatching eggs.

4. What belongs to the animal in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) The water.
(b) The earth and sky.
(c) The heavens.
(d) The life it has claimed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oliver describe her poetry in Everything?

2. What is the predator in Prose Poem 2?

3. What is the subject of Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?

4. What is distinct about the poems from West Wind?

5. What are we told to examine in Everything?

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