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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. Which of the following is not a place Oliver says she wants to be while writing her poems in Everything?
(a) A field of daisies.
(b) A boat at sea.
(c) Her own house.
(d) A spot of grass.

2. What is the main subject of Everything?
(a) Nature.
(b) Transcendance.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Love.

3. What are we told to examine in Everything?
(a) Our motivations.
(b) Our emotions.
(c) Our desires.
(d) Our needs.

4. Which of these is a line from The Bleeding Heart?
(a) What has become of her.
(b) I wish that I were her.
(c) Where could that have gone?
(d) I think that was true.

5. What does Oliver try to avoid awkwardness in as she is writing?
(a) Abbreviations.
(b) Format.
(c) Subject matter.
(d) Symbols.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is distinct about the poems from West Wind?

2. In Forty Years, what does Oliver say she struggles with?

3. What does the editor say new readers of Oliver will feel when they read the first section?

4. Which of the following is NOT a word Oliver says she wants to use often in Everything?

5. In At Round Pond, what does Oliver say both life and death are?

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