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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 is the animal featured in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First described in the first lines?
(a) Robust.
(b) Gentle.
(c) Soaring.
(d) Small.

2. How does Oliver say Everything first came to her?
(a) A dream.
(b) A quiet whispering.
(c) A vision.
(d) A moment of calm.

3. What had stacked up on the table in Work Sometimes?
(a) Work.
(b) Books.
(c) All of these.
(d) Papers.

4. What are most of Oliver's precious poems about?
(a) Relationships.
(b) Feelings.
(c) Plants.
(d) Abstract thoughts.

5. How do the characters in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones feel about the events in the poem?
(a) They are frightening.
(b) They are commonplace.
(c) They are miraculaous.
(d) They are unexpected.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else does the editor say there is an absence of in the first section of poems?

2. How are the poems in this book grouped together?

3. What kind of words does Oliver hope to find while writing in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?

4. When did the poet say the animal in The Measure had began her journey?

5. What tone does Oliver take on at the end of Work Sometimes?

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