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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In May, what does Oliver say makes any dark place luminous?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Light.

2. How is The Bleeding Heart formatted?
(a) Prose form.
(b) Choral form.
(c) Limerick form.
(d) Sonnett form.

3. In Mindful, what does Oliver say she was born to do?
(a) To lose herself.
(b) To look.
(c) All of these.
(d) To listen.

4. What does Oliver compare herself to at the beginning of Mindful?
(a) A blade of grass.
(b) A needle.
(c) A figure.
(d) A speck.

5. In Prose Poem 1, what does Oliver say the season she talks about was full of?
(a) Love.
(b) Hope.
(c) Stillness.
(d) Faith.

6. What do the bees in May do?
(a) Hunt.
(b) Swim.
(c) Search.
(d) Dive.

7. How does Oliver describe Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches?
(a) A psalm.
(b) A meditation.
(c) An observation.
(d) A prayer.

8. Which of these is a line from Seven White Butterflies?
(a) What am I to learn from this?
(b) Who would have thought it could be so easy.
(c) Where would I go if I were one with them?
(d) Why am I not with them now?

9. How long did the bleeding heart plant survive in The Bleeding Heart?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 60 years.
(d) 50 years.

10. How many lines is Prose Poem 1?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

11. What does Oliver call the prey in Prose Poem 2?
(a) A frightened tidbit.
(b) A flashing jewel.
(c) A piece of heart.
(d) A piece of nothing.

12. Which of the following does Oliver say she learns from in Mindful?
(a) The prayers.
(b) The shine of the ocean.
(c) The light of the world.
(d) All of these.

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

14. In The Soul At Last, what is Oliver writing about doing?
(a) Watching the seasons change.
(b) Giving a eulogy.
(c) Attending Mass.
(d) Burying a friend.

15. Which of these is a phrase from At Round Pond?
(a) Lush of meaning.
(b) Flow of living.
(c) Need for nothing.
(d) Flight and frenzy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are all the poems in the second section about?

3. What does Oliver wish to be at the end of Bleeding Heart?

4. What does Oliver say would make the mocker silent in Daisies?

5. What are all the poems in the third section about?

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