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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What mocks Oliver in Daisies?
(a) A mockingbird.
(b) A crane.
(c) An owl.
(d) A hornet.

3. What is the tone of While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing?
(a) Prayerful.
(b) Conversational.
(c) Sarcastic.
(d) Witty.

4. What does Oliver do to the daisies at the end of Daisies?
(a) Touches them.
(b) Prunes them.
(c) Picks some.
(d) Plants some seeds.

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

6. In The Soul At Last, which of these does Oliver compare the soul to?
(a) Aspen leaves.
(b) Tree bark.
(c) Birds' nests.
(d) Children's prayers.

7. Which of these is a line from Prose Poem 1?
(a) We just knew not.
(b) How hopeful we were.
(c) Never will we know for sure.
(d) How strong is the stillness.

8. In Forty Years, what does Oliver say she struggles with?
(a) The need for knowledge.
(b) The ignorance of people.
(c) The ellusive symbolism.
(d) The limitations of language.

9. How is While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing formatted?
(a) In sonnets.
(b) In triplets.
(c) In prose form.
(d) In couplets.

10. What does Oliver say she calls herself everyday in Mindful?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A tutor.
(c) A scholar.
(d) A student.

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

12. 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.

13. What creature is featured in May?
(a) A lizard.
(b) A snake.
(c) A scorpion.
(d) A spider.

14. What season does Song of the Builders take place in?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is a line from Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond?

2. What are cantos?

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

4. At the end of Mindful, what does Oliver say prayers are made of?

5. What is the animal symbolic of in At Round Pond?

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