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

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

3. What did the animal in The Measure do when the poet tried to save it?
(a) Ran away.
(b) Looked into her eye.
(c) Bit her.
(d) Hissed at her.

4. In The Soul At Last, which of these does Oliver compare the soul to?
(a) Birds' nests.
(b) Aspen leaves.
(c) Children's prayers.
(d) Tree bark.

5. In Mindful, what does Oliver say she was born to do?
(a) To lose herself.
(b) To listen.
(c) To look.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is a line from Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond?

2. Which of the following does Oliver say she learns from in Mindful?

3. How is The Bleeding Heart formatted?

4. Which of the following is not a place Oliver says she wants to be while writing her poems in Everything?

5. How does Oliver state we must pray in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

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