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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. What does Oliver like to assign to inanimate objects in her poems?
(a) Functions.
(b) Identities.
(c) Descriptions.
(d) Human characteristics.

2. What are we told to examine in Everything?
(a) Our needs.
(b) Our desires.
(c) Our motivations.
(d) Our emotions.

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

4. What is found by Oliver, belonging to a heron, in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?
(a) An egg.
(b) A feather.
(c) A nest.
(d) A print.

5. When did the poet say the animal in The Measure had began her journey?
(a) When she was first born.
(b) Shortly before she appeared.
(c) In the middle of the night.
(d) In the early morning.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What color were the eyes of the animal in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

4. In Everything, what does Oliver compare elaboration to?

5. How does the editor describe the language in the first section of poems?

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