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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. Where did Oliver attend college?
(a) Ohio State University.
(b) Indiana State University.
(c) Iowa State University.
(d) Wisconsin State University.

2. What does Oliver say is NOT praying in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) Seeing what has not been seen.
(b) Witnessing with the eyes.
(c) Observing.
(d) Seeing and noticing.

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

4. What did Oliver do at the end of Work Sometimes?
(a) Took a nap.
(b) Went back to work.
(c) Closed her blinds.
(d) Ran for her life.

5. What does the editor say Oliver is NOT trying to do with the poems in the first section?
(a) Make the reader think.
(b) Surprise the reader.
(c) Observe nature.
(d) Observe humanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What belongs to the animal in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

2. Which of these is a line from The Measure?

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

4. What should one be transcending according to Everything?

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

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