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

2. Which of the following is a line from Work Sometimes?
(a) Desire will consume those who don't care to control.
(b) Sameness can be found in any landscape.
(c) You have had days like this, no doubt.
(d) Those who know need not read longer.

3. How do the characters in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones feel about the events in the poem?
(a) They are frightening.
(b) They are unexpected.
(c) They are miraculaous.
(d) They are commonplace.

4. How does Oliver say Everything first came to her?
(a) A moment of calm.
(b) A quiet whispering.
(c) A vision.
(d) A dream.

5. Which of the following is not a place Oliver says she wants to be while writing her poems in Everything?
(a) Her own house.
(b) A field of daisies.
(c) A boat at sea.
(d) A spot of grass.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of words does Oliver hope to find while writing in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?

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

4. What was a joy to the animal featured in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

5. What does Oliver call most of her poems?

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