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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 is the name of the first section of poems in this group?
(a) The Begininning.
(b) New Poems.
(c) First.
(d) 2004.

2. What does Oliver hope to show about the world in her poems?
(a) How the world works.
(b) Where the world has been.
(c) What is becoming of the world.
(d) How to navigate through the world.

3. What were the eyes of the animal compared to in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) Worlds.
(b) Water.
(c) Microscopes.
(d) Glass.

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

5. Which of these is a line from Seven White Butterflies?
(a) What am I to learn from this?
(b) Who would have thought it could be so easy.
(c) Why am I not with them now?
(d) Where would I go if I were one with them?

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Soul At Last, which of these does Oliver compare the soul to?

2. What should one be transcending according to Everything?

3. In Forty Years, what does Oliver say she struggles with?

4. What is Oliver trying to describe with the lilt in the words in Everything?

5. How many lines is Prose Poem 1?

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