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

2. What does the editor say Oliver is NOT trying to do with the poems in the first section?
(a) Observe nature.
(b) Surprise the reader.
(c) Make the reader think.
(d) Observe humanity.

3. How does Oliver use plants and animals in her poems?
(a) They are her foils.
(b) They are her friends.
(c) They are her focal point.
(d) They are her distractions.

4. Why did Oliver choose the tone she did at the beginning of Work Sometimes?
(a) She wanted to set it apart from her other poems.
(b) She wanted the poem to flow easily.
(c) She wanted to draw the reader in.
(d) She wanted it to seem as though the conversation was already in place.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of citizen did the poet call the animal in The Measure?

2. In While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what is the song of the bird called?

3. Which of these is a line from Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond?

4. How does Oliver describe her poetry in Everything?

5. What season does Song of the Builders take place in?

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