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

2. What does Oliver describe with the words red fire in Spring?
(a) A tongue.
(b) The warmth of the sun.
(c) The pain of birth.
(d) Eyes.

3. In Seven White Butterflies, what does Oliver compare butterfly wings to?
(a) Pages.
(b) Petals.
(c) Songs.
(d) Breezes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Oliver's most commonly used literary device in these poems?

2. In Song of the Builders, where does Oliver go to think?

3. What does Oliver say she wants readers of Everything to look beyond?

4. What literary device is used heavily in Prose Poem 2?

5. What animal was featured in The Measure?

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