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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. How are the poems in this book grouped together?
(a) By subject matter.
(b) By length.
(c) By publishing date.
(d) By random order.

2. Which of these is a line from The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) How can we be as they?
(b) Where can we turn for peace?
(c) Where does it go and why?
(d) How does one see and turn away.

3. What were the feet of the animal compared to in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Butter.
(c) The Sun.
(d) Sand.

4. Why does Oliver like to use her most common literary device?
(a) It comes easily to her.
(b) It is a symbolic form of writing.
(c) It makes her work unique.
(d) It broadens understanding of humans.

5. What is found by Oliver, belonging to a heron, in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?
(a) An egg.
(b) A nest.
(c) A print.
(d) A feather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Oliver trying to establish an intimacy with in Work Sometimes?

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

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

4. How many poems are in the first section?

5. What does Oliver try to identify at the beginning of Work Sometimes?

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