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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 does Oliver say she will remember most at the end of Spring?
(a) The bear's love.
(b) The deer's startled face.
(c) The mother's touch.
(d) The light on the water.

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

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

4. What are all the poems in the third section about?
(a) Animals.
(b) Birds.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Plants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver do to the daisies at the end of Daisies?

2. In The Soul At Last, which of these does Oliver say the composition of the soul is like?

3. In Mindful, what does Oliver say she was born to do?

4. What does Oliver describe with the words red fire in Spring?

5. What is unique about the format of On Goldenrod at Field's Edge?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the poet amazed by in Mindful?

2. How does Oliver describe letters in Forty Years?

3. What does Oliver say spring is like for humans?

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

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

6. What does Oliver say the owl is symbolic of in At Round Pond?

7. What does Oliver talk about in Bleeding Heart?

8. In May, what does Oliver say makes her feel most alive?

9. What is the overall feeling in Prose Poem 1?

10. In While I am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what does Oliver say she has envied her whole life?

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