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

2. In At Round Pond, what does Oliver say both life and death are?
(a) Oblivious.
(b) Consistent.
(c) Insistent.
(d) Unfeeling.

3. What does Oliver describe as dazzling in Spring?
(a) Warmth.
(b) Light.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Truth.

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

5. In Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say life has been as soft as?
(a) A wheat field.
(b) A kitten.
(c) A night sky.
(d) A pond.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Song of the Builders, what does Oliver think about?

3. What are cantos?

4. What does Oliver say all narrative is in Prose Poem 2?

5. In Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say the tree angel is watching over?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Grass, what does Oliver say is the most important time of all, and why?

2. How does Oliver describe the spirit in The Soul At Last?

3. What does Oliver talk about in Bleeding Heart?

4. What is compared in Many Miles?

5. What is Oliver admonishing the reader to do in How Would You Live Then?

6. What is the poet amazed by in Mindful?

7. How does Oliver describe letters in Forty Years?

8. Which authors does Oliver mention in Seven White Butterflies, and why?

9. How is Prose Poem 2 worded, and what effect does this have on the reader?

10. What does Oliver state she can't wait for at the end of Long Afternoon at the Edge of Sister Pond?

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