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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 did the rain in Work Sometimes do to the flowers in the yard?
(a) Brought them out of the earth.
(b) Made them fragrant.
(c) Killed them.
(d) Made them shine.

2. What does Oliver say she wants readers of Everything to look beyond?
(a) The words.
(b) The page.
(c) The lines.
(d) The meaning.

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

4. What is the length of most of Oliver's poems in this collection?
(a) Just a few lines.
(b) Many pages.
(c) Medium in length.
(d) A few short stanzas.

5. Why did Oliver choose the tone she did at the beginning of Work Sometimes?
(a) She wanted to set it apart from her other poems.
(b) She wanted to draw the reader in.
(c) She wanted it to seem as though the conversation was already in place.
(d) She wanted the poem to flow easily.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Work sometimes, which of these does Oliver list as something that happiness is NOT?

2. In Work Sometimes, what does Oliver say happiness is?

3. What does Oliver try to identify at the beginning of Work Sometimes?

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

5. What does the editor say Oliver is NOT trying to do with the poems in the first section?

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