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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 does the editor describe the thought put into these poems?
(a) Omniscient.
(b) Microscopic.
(c) Exuberant.
(d) Effervescent.

2. In Everything, what are we told to look to for examination?
(a) Ourselves.
(b) Our surroundings.
(c) Our God.
(d) Our goals.

3. What does Oliver compare picking the right words to in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?
(a) Growing a garden.
(b) Picking fruit.
(c) Sorting money.
(d) Threading a needle.

4. In Everything, what does Oliver say she has faith in?
(a) Her words.
(b) Her art.
(c) Her God.
(d) Herself.

5. According to Oliver, what is the question mark's bold sister?
(a) The exclamation point.
(b) The comma.
(c) The dash.
(d) The semicolon.

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 Oliver say she was outside of while writing Work Sometimes?

4. What is Oliver trying to describe with the lilt in the words in Everything?

5. What does using nature in her poems allow Oliver to do?

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