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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 is Oliver trying to establish the intimacy she desires in Work Sometimes?
(a) She has some suggestive innuendos.
(b) She uses a conversational tone.
(c) She is very open.
(d) She breaks down some barriers.

2. How is the animal featured in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First described in the first lines?
(a) Soaring.
(b) Gentle.
(c) Robust.
(d) Small.

3. Which of these is a line from Spring?
(a) All day I think of her.
(b) All winter I long for this.
(c) All night I dream of him.
(d) All year I wait for this.

4. In Seven White Butterflies, which of these does Oliver compare the flying butterflies to?
(a) Singers.
(b) Artists.
(c) Weavers.
(d) Dancers.

5. What are the butterflies doing at the end of Seven White Butterflies?
(a) Nodding.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Flying.
(d) Sipping.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Measure, what does the author say we must do to fully experience life?

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

3. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver talk about being inside walls?

4. What tone does Oliver take on at the end of Work Sometimes?

5. In Prose Poem 1, what does Oliver say the season she talks about was full of?

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