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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 is the pond in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones described?
(a) Small and shallow.
(b) Deep and quiet.
(c) Black and leafy.
(d) Blue and billowy.

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

3. What does the editor say there is an absence of in the first section of poems?
(a) Metaphors.
(b) Anachronisms.
(c) Inside jokes.
(d) Deep analogies.

4. What are we told to examine in Everything?
(a) Our motivations.
(b) Our desires.
(c) Our emotions.
(d) Our needs.

5. In The Measure, what does the author say we must do to fully experience life?
(a) Discard safety.
(b) Think of new directions.
(c) Help one another.
(d) Give it a trial.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the poems in this book grouped together?

2. When did the poet say the animal in The Measure had began her journey?

3. What did the animal in The Measure do when the poet tried to save it?

4. How is Oliver trying to establish the intimacy she desires in Work Sometimes?

5. What did Oliver do at the end of Work Sometimes?

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