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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 language in the first section of poems?
(a) Imaginative.
(b) Basic.
(c) Adorned.
(d) Descriptive.

2. What does Oliver try to provide multiple avenues for in her poems?
(a) Tonality.
(b) Modality.
(c) Thought provocation.
(d) Interpretation.

3. What is Oliver's most commonly used literary device in these poems?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Anthropomorphism.

4. What does the editor say is Oliver's signature on her work?
(a) Her method.
(b) Her verbage.
(c) Her tone.
(d) Her description.

5. How was the poet traveling when she saw an animal in The Measure?
(a) She was driving a car.
(b) She was walking along.
(c) She was riding a bike.
(d) She was swimming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver compare picking the right words to in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?

2. What does Oliver like to assign to inanimate objects in her poems?

3. What poet did Oliver live with for a time?

4. What was singing to Oliver in Work Sometimes?

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

(see the answer key)

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