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

2. What are most of the poems in this collection about?
(a) People.
(b) Plants and animals.
(c) Education.
(d) Literature.

3. What belongs to the animal in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) The heavens.
(b) The earth and sky.
(c) The life it has claimed.
(d) The water.

4. What does Oliver try to avoid awkwardness in as she is writing?
(a) Symbols.
(b) Subject matter.
(c) Abbreviations.
(d) Format.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the poet traveling when she saw an animal in The Measure?

2. What is Oliver trying to establish an intimacy with in Work Sometimes?

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

4. What is the length of most of Oliver's poems in this collection?

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

(see the answer key)

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