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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 is the turtle in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones, doing?
(a) Burying her eggs.
(b) Swimming in the lake.
(c) Teaching her babies to swim.
(d) Dying.

2. In Work Sometimes, what does Oliver say happiness is?
(a) Work ongoing.
(b) Moments of peace.
(c) A job well done.
(d) Usefulness.

3. What does the editor say is Oliver's signature on her work?
(a) Her verbage.
(b) Her description.
(c) Her method.
(d) Her tone.

4. What does Oliver compare picking the right words to in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?
(a) Threading a needle.
(b) Picking fruit.
(c) Sorting money.
(d) Growing a garden.

5. What does Oliver call the things in life that are not human?
(a) Partners.
(b) Non-humans.
(c) Co-inhabitants.
(d) Others.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Everything, what are we told to do in order to truly grasp the idea of poetry?

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

4. In The Measure, what does the author say we must do to fully experience life?

5. In Everything, what does Oliver compare elaboration to?

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