New and Selected Poems Test | Final Test - Easy

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New and Selected Poems Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are all the poems in the second section about?
(a) Literature.
(b) Animals.
(c) Water.
(d) Flowers.

2. What kind of creature did Oliver write about in Song of the Builders?
(a) A butterfly.
(b) An ant.
(c) A firefly.
(d) A cricket.

3. What adjective does Oliver use to describe the world in Mindful?
(a) Needed.
(b) Absent.
(c) Harsh.
(d) Soft.

4. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver talk about in a painting?
(a) A tree.
(b) A flower.
(c) A bush.
(d) A rock.

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

6. 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.

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

8. What literary device is used heavily in Prose Poem 2?
(a) Simile.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allusion.

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

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

11. What makes Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches different from the other poems in that section?
(a) Visual separators.
(b) It includes an illustration.
(c) It is in prose form.
(d) A lack of grammar.

12. In Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say the tree angel is watching over?
(a) The stillness.
(b) An egg.
(c) A bird.
(d) The pond.

13. What storms out of the darkness in May?
(a) Thrills.
(b) Blossoms.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Frights.

14. At the beginning of Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say she is humbled by?
(a) Religion.
(b) Life.
(c) Nature.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are cantos?

2. In Mindful, what does Oliver say almost kills her every day?

3. In Seven White Butterflies, which of these authors does Oliver mention?

4. How is While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing formatted?

5. What does Oliver say she will remember most at the end of Spring?

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