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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Mindful, what kind of things does Oliver say we should lose ourselves in?
(a) None of these.
(b) Ourselves.
(c) Drab things.
(d) Extraordinary things.

7. What is the predator in Prose Poem 2?
(a) A vulture.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A falcon.
(d) A hawk.

8. What does Oliver say is indefinable in The Soul At Last?
(a) The afterlife.
(b) The spirit.
(c) The mind.
(d) The body.

9. In While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what is the song of the bird called?
(a) A sweet melody.
(b) A speech in progress.
(c) A thrill song.
(d) An observation.

10. What did Oliver say the woman who planted the bleeding heart plant probably got joy from in The Bleeding Heart?
(a) Productive things.
(b) Pretty things.
(c) Meaningful things.
(d) Simple things.

11. What does Oliver say is irrefutable in The Soul At Last?
(a) The existence of the soul.
(b) The trail of the past.
(c) The love of humans.
(d) The hope for the future.

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

13. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver say gives prayers?
(a) Children.
(b) Brooks.
(c) Trees.
(d) Stars.

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

15. What does Oliver say all narrative is in Prose Poem 2?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Lies.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Truths.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what is the song of the bird compared to?

3. What storms out of the darkness in May?

4. How does Oliver describe Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches?

5. What kind of creature did Oliver write about in Song of the Builders?

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