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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. What was singing to Oliver in Work Sometimes?
(a) Street cars.
(b) The radio.
(c) The wind.
(d) Robins.

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

3. In The Soul At Last, what is Oliver writing about doing?
(a) Burying a friend.
(b) Watching the seasons change.
(c) Giving a eulogy.
(d) Attending Mass.

4. How does Oliver describe the sound of snowflakes?
(a) Gooooooooooooooo.
(b) Snoooooooooooooooo.
(c) Nooooooooooooooo.
(d) Soooooooooooooooooo.

5. What tone does Oliver take on at the end of Work Sometimes?
(a) Relaxing.
(b) Omniscient.
(c) Self-referencing.
(d) Frantic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of these is a line from The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

3. How are the poems in this book grouped together?

4. What does Oliver do to the daisies at the end of Daisies?

5. What does Oliver try to write most of her poems about?

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