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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. How does the editor describe the thought put into these poems?
(a) Effervescent.
(b) Microscopic.
(c) Omniscient.
(d) Exuberant.

2. How does Oliver come to a better understanding of human nature?
(a) She looks to non-human examples.
(b) She talks to people of different ages.
(c) She meditates.
(d) She observes the ocean tides.

3. How does Oliver say Everything first came to her?
(a) A moment of calm.
(b) A dream.
(c) A vision.
(d) A quiet whispering.

4. What are all the poems in the third section about?
(a) Animals.
(b) Birds.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Plants.

5. What does Oliver call the things in life that are not human?
(a) Non-humans.
(b) Others.
(c) Co-inhabitants.
(d) Partners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season is recalled in Prose Poem 1?

2. What literary device is used heavily in Prose Poem 2?

3. Which of these is a phrase from At Round Pond?

4. What does Oliver say we are building in Song of the Builders?

5. What does Oliver say there are miles of in May?

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