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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 these is a line from The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) Where does it go and why?
(b) How can we be as they?
(c) How does one see and turn away.
(d) Where can we turn for peace?

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

3. In Everything, what does Oliver say she has faith in?
(a) Her art.
(b) Her God.
(c) Her words.
(d) Herself.

4. What is the first animal Oliver talks about in Spring?
(a) A raccoon.
(b) A bear.
(c) A deer.
(d) A dog.

5. What is the name of the first section of poems in this group?
(a) The Begininning.
(b) 2004.
(c) First.
(d) New Poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the butterflies doing at the end of Seven White Butterflies?

2. What animal is featured in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

3. What was a joy to the animal featured in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

4. What does Oliver say she calls herself everyday in Mindful?

5. What does Oliver like to assign to inanimate objects in her poems?

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