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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. How long did the bleeding heart plant survive in The Bleeding Heart?
(a) 60 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 40 years.
(d) 30 years.
2. How many lines is Prose Poem 1?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.
3. Which of these is a phrase from At Round Pond?
(a) Need for nothing.
(b) Lush of meaning.
(c) Flight and frenzy.
(d) Flow of living.
4. In While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what is the song of the bird compared to?
(a) A psalm of love.
(b) A trumpet of declaration.
(c) A hymn of thanks.
(d) A conversation.
5. In Song of the Builders, where does Oliver go to think?
(a) A hillside.
(b) A small pond.
(c) A church.
(d) Her bedroom.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Oliver say always seems brighter than the present in Prose Poem 1?
2. In Seven White Butterflies, which of these authors does Oliver mention?
3. What does Oliver say she will remember most at the end of Spring?
4. Which of these is a line from Prose Poem 1?
5. What season does Song of the Builders take place in?
Short Essay Questions
1. In May, what does Oliver say makes her feel most alive?
2. What creature is described in Spring, and why?
3. In While I am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what does Oliver compare the meadowlark's song to?
4. In Prose Poem 2, what does Oliver say about narrative, and how does this change the feeling of the poem?
5. What does Oliver talk about in Bleeding Heart?
6. In Mindful, where does Oliver say she gets all of her teaching?
7. How does Oliver describe the spirit in The Soul At Last?
8. What does Oliver state she can't wait for at the end of Long Afternoon at the Edge of Sister Pond?
9. What is compared in Many Miles?
10. What are the two extremes Oliver describes about her life in Long Afternoon at the Edge of Sister Pond?
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