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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 was singing to Oliver in Work Sometimes?
(a) Street cars.
(b) Robins.
(c) The wind.
(d) The radio.

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 does it go and why?
(c) How does one see and turn away.
(d) Where can we turn for peace?

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

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

5. When did the poet say the animal in The Measure had began her journey?
(a) In the early morning.
(b) When she was first born.
(c) Shortly before she appeared.
(d) In the middle of the night.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of citizen did the poet call the animal in The Measure?

3. What does Oliver call the things in life that are not human?

4. Which of the following is a line from Work Sometimes?

5. What are most of the poems in this collection about?

(see the answer key)

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