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

2. What does Oliver try to write most of her poems about?
(a) Literature.
(b) Human concerns.
(c) Psychological problems.
(d) Political needs.

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

4. What style is Work Sometimes written in?
(a) Omniscient.
(b) Second Person.
(c) First Person.
(d) Conversational.

5. What is the turtle in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones, doing?
(a) Burying her eggs.
(b) Dying.
(c) Swimming in the lake.
(d) Teaching her babies to swim.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a word Oliver says she wants to use often in Everything?

2. In the Measure, what happens in the pinewoods?

3. What does Oliver think people should pay more attention to in life?

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

5. How does Oliver say Everything first came to her?

(see the answer key)

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