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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. In While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what is the song of the bird compared to?
(a) A trumpet of declaration.
(b) A psalm of love.
(c) A conversation.
(d) A hymn of thanks.

2. What does Oliver say would make the mocker silent in Daisies?
(a) Questions.
(b) Avoidance.
(c) Answers.
(d) Pride.

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

4. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver say shouts out its name?
(a) Brooks.
(b) Mockingbirds.
(c) Stars.
(d) Bees.

5. What does Oliver say she will remember most at the end of Spring?
(a) The bear's love.
(b) The mother's touch.
(c) The light on the water.
(d) The deer's startled face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are cantos?

2. What are most of the poems in this collection about?

3. How is the animal featured in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First described in the first lines?

4. What animal was featured in The Measure?

5. How do the characters in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones feel about the events in the poem?

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