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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 Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say life has been as soft as?
(a) A pond.
(b) A night sky.
(c) A kitten.
(d) A wheat field.

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

3. Which of these is a line from Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond?
(a) Once, twice, however many more.
(b) Both of these, over and over.
(c) Again and again the song repeats.
(d) How many times will this cycle repeat?

4. How is While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing formatted?
(a) In couplets.
(b) In prose form.
(c) In sonnets.
(d) In triplets.

5. What else does the editor say there is an absence of in the first section of poems?
(a) Personification.
(b) Allusions.
(c) Confusing similes.
(d) Obscure references.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oliver use plants and animals in her poems?

2. Which of these is a line from The Bleeding Heart?

3. What is the name of the first section of poems in this group?

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

5. What adjective does Oliver use to describe the world in Mindful?

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