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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. In The Measure, what does the author say we must do to fully experience life?
(a) Think of new directions.
(b) Help one another.
(c) Give it a trial.
(d) Discard safety.

2. What does using nature in her poems allow Oliver to do?
(a) Broaden her range.
(b) Set forth an interpretation.
(c) Accept responsibility.
(d) Open minds.

3. What were the eyes of the animal compared to in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) Microscopes.
(b) Worlds.
(c) Glass.
(d) Water.

4. What does Oliver try to write most of her poems about?
(a) Human concerns.
(b) Psychological problems.
(c) Literature.
(d) Political needs.

5. In Work sometimes, which of these does Oliver list as something that happiness is NOT?
(a) A town on a map.
(b) The need to push onward.
(c) Work ongoing.
(d) A trip to an aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are most of Oliver's precious poems about?

2. What does Oliver hope to show about the world in her poems?

3. Which of the following is a line from Work Sometimes?

4. What does Oliver say she wants readers of Everything to look beyond?

5. What had stacked up on the table in Work Sometimes?

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