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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the main subject of Everything?
(a) Transcendance.
(b) Love.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Nature.
2. What does Oliver call the things in life that are not human?
(a) Non-humans.
(b) Others.
(c) Partners.
(d) Co-inhabitants.
3. What color were the eyes of the animal in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Green.
4. What is the turtle in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones, doing?
(a) Teaching her babies to swim.
(b) Swimming in the lake.
(c) Burying her eggs.
(d) Dying.
5. What was singing to Oliver in Work Sometimes?
(a) Street cars.
(b) The radio.
(c) Robins.
(d) The wind.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following is NOT a word Oliver says she wants to use often in Everything?
2. How are the poems in this book grouped together?
3. Which of these words is used by the editor to describe Oliver's style?
4. What are most of Oliver's precious poems about?
5. What tone does Oliver take on at the end of Work Sometimes?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones, what does Oliver ask about the blue heron?
2. In Work Sometimes, what does Oliver say happiness truly is?
3. In The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that Comes First, what does Mary Oliver state the real method of praying should be?
4. In Work Sometimes, what are some of the things that Oliver lists as NOT leading to happiness?
5. In Everything, what kind of words does Oliver say she wants to avoid in her poetry, and what examples of good words does she give?
6. How did Oliver feel at the beginning of Work Sometimes and why?
7. In Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones, what does Oliver say about the pond?
8. What does Oliver say she wants to honor with her poem, Everything?
9. How did Oliver feel at the end of Work Sometimes?
10. What parts of grammar does Oliver say she wants to cherish in Everything, and why?
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