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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 does Oliver say she wants readers of Everything to look beyond?
(a) The words.
(b) The page.
(c) The lines.
(d) The meaning.

2. Which of the following is NOT a word Oliver says she wants to use often in Everything?
(a) Heart.
(b) Wonderment.
(c) Heavy.
(d) Joy.

3. What is Oliver trying to describe with the lilt in the words in Everything?
(a) Human Nature.
(b) Choices.
(c) Creation.
(d) Gravity.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver want to celebrate in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?

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

3. What does Oliver compare picking the right words to in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?

4. In Everything, what does Oliver say she has faith in?

5. How does the editor describe the thought put into these poems?

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