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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 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 unexpected.
(d) They are miraculaous.

2. How are the poems in this book grouped together?
(a) By random order.
(b) By publishing date.
(c) By subject matter.
(d) By length.

3. What kind of citizen did the poet call the animal in The Measure?
(a) Shy.
(b) Voracious.
(c) Elderly.
(d) Unknown.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Oliver try to write most of her poems about?

3. According to Oliver, what is the question mark's bold sister?

4. Where did Oliver attend college?

5. What did Oliver say she was outside of while writing Work Sometimes?

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