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

2. Which of these is a line from The Measure?
(a) Ah, it's time.
(b) No, not now.
(c) Hush, be still.
(d) What shall we do?

3. What color were the eyes of the animal in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Green.

4. How does Oliver describe her poetry in Everything?
(a) Her art.
(b) Her message.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her creation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first plant talked about in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?

2. What is the length of most of Oliver's poems in this collection?

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

4. How was the poet traveling when she saw an animal in The Measure?

5. What are we told to examine in Everything?

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