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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. Which of these is a line from The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) How can we be as they?
(b) Where does it go and why?
(c) Where can we turn for peace?
(d) How does one see and turn away.

2. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver talk about being inside walls?
(a) Secrets.
(b) Honey.
(c) Tears.
(d) Oats.

3. What is Oliver's most commonly used literary device in these poems?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Anthropomorphism.
(d) Allusion.

4. What storms out of the darkness in May?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Blossoms.
(c) Thrills.
(d) Frights.

5. What does Oliver say about our lives in The Measure?
(a) They are watched over.
(b) They are our right.
(c) They are blessed.
(d) They are purposeful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the butterflies doing at the end of Seven White Butterflies?

2. How does Oliver come to a better understanding of human nature?

3. In Mindful, what does Oliver say she sees everyday?

4. What does Oliver say always seems brighter than the present in Prose Poem 1?

5. What animal is featured in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

(see the answer key)

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