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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections II through VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a line from Prose Poem 1?
(a) We just knew not.
(b) How strong is the stillness.
(c) How hopeful we were.
(d) Never will we know for sure.

2. In Prose Poem 1, what does Oliver say the season she talks about was full of?
(a) Love.
(b) Faith.
(c) Hope.
(d) Stillness.

3. Why did Oliver choose the simple titles for her poems?
(a) To make her thoughts obscure.
(b) To guide the reader.
(c) To leave the interpretation open.
(d) To take the guesswork away from the reader.

4. What are most of the poems in this collection about?
(a) Literature.
(b) Plants and animals.
(c) People.
(d) Education.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver compare picking the right words to in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?

2. How is The Bleeding Heart formatted?

3. In Forty Years, what does Oliver say she struggles with?

4. What is Oliver trying to describe with the lilt in the words in Everything?

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

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