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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 the editor describe the language in the first section of poems?
(a) Basic.
(b) Imaginative.
(c) Adorned.
(d) Descriptive.

2. What does Oliver say there are miles of in May?
(a) Worlds.
(b) Travels.
(c) Leafing.
(d) Flowing.

3. How is Oliver trying to establish the intimacy she desires in Work Sometimes?
(a) She is very open.
(b) She uses a conversational tone.
(c) She breaks down some barriers.
(d) She has some suggestive innuendos.

4. In The Measure, what does the author say we must do to fully experience life?
(a) Help one another.
(b) Discard safety.
(c) Think of new directions.
(d) Give it a trial.

5. What is the tone of While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing?
(a) Witty.
(b) Prayerful.
(c) Conversational.
(d) Sarcastic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver envy in While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing?

2. What does Oliver say she wants readers of Everything to look beyond?

3. What is the main subject of Everything?

4. In Song of the Builders, where does Oliver go to think?

5. Which of these words does Oliver use to describe letters in Forty Years?

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