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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 storms out of the darkness in May?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Blossoms.
(c) Thrills.
(d) Frights.

2. What necessity has Oliver resigned to in Forty Years?
(a) Communicating by words.
(b) Realizing she is mortal.
(c) Noting her inconsistencies.
(d) Talking with other people.

3. How long did the bleeding heart plant survive in The Bleeding Heart?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 40 years.
(d) 60 years.

4. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver say gives prayers?
(a) Children.
(b) Brooks.
(c) Trees.
(d) Stars.

5. What is Oliver's most commonly used literary device in these poems?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Anthropomorphism.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say she is humbled by?

2. What does Oliver think people should pay more attention to in life?

3. What is the tone of While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing?

4. How many quatrains make up Forty Years?

5. How does Oliver describe her poetry in Everything?

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