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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through New Poems (2004 - 2005).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are we told to examine in Everything?
(a) Our emotions.
(b) Our desires.
(c) Our motivations.
(d) Our needs.

2. What should one be transcending according to Everything?
(a) Nature.
(b) Barriers.
(c) Restrictions.
(d) Language.

3. What is the main subject of Everything?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Transcendance.
(c) Love.
(d) Nature.

4. In Everything, what are we told to do in order to truly grasp the idea of poetry?
(a) Everything.
(b) The unimportant.
(c) The temporary.
(d) The singular.

5. What style is Work Sometimes written in?
(a) Omniscient.
(b) Conversational.
(c) Second Person.
(d) First Person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Oliver do at the end of Work Sometimes?

2. Which of these words is used by the editor to describe Oliver's style?

3. What were the eyes of the animal compared to in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

4. What does Oliver hope to show about the world in her poems?

5. What does the editor say is Oliver's signature on her work?

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