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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 creature is featured in May?
(a) A lizard.
(b) A snake.
(c) A scorpion.
(d) A spider.

2. What time of day did the poet try to save the animal in The Measure?
(a) Afternoon.
(b) Morning.
(c) Night.
(d) Evening.

3. What is the animal symbolic of in At Round Pond?
(a) Death.
(b) Agency.
(c) Life.
(d) Will.

4. What season is recalled in Prose Poem 1?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

5. What does Oliver say is irrefutable in The Soul At Last?
(a) The existence of the soul.
(b) The trail of the past.
(c) The love of humans.
(d) The hope for the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does using nature in her poems allow Oliver to do?

2. How does Oliver describe the eyes of the animal in At Round Pond?

3. What does Oliver try to provide multiple avenues for in her poems?

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

5. How are the poems in this book grouped together?

(see the answer key)

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