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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 is the length of most of Oliver's poems in this collection?
(a) Just a few lines.
(b) A few short stanzas.
(c) Medium in length.
(d) Many pages.

2. Which of these is a line from The Measure?
(a) Ah, it's time.
(b) What shall we do?
(c) No, not now.
(d) Hush, be still.

3. What is the first animal Oliver talks about in Spring?
(a) A raccoon.
(b) A bear.
(c) A deer.
(d) A dog.

4. What is Oliver trying to establish an intimacy with in Work Sometimes?
(a) The reader.
(b) Her God.
(c) Herself.
(d) A man.

5. Which of these words does Oliver use to describe letters in Forty Years?
(a) Graceful.
(b) Worthy.
(c) Abrasive.
(d) Petulant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What belongs to the animal in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

2. What were the eyes of the animal compared to in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

3. In Everything, what does Oliver say she has faith in?

4. How does Oliver come to a better understanding of human nature?

5. Which of these is a line from Seven White Butterflies?

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