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

2. What is the tone of While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing?
(a) Witty.
(b) Prayerful.
(c) Sarcastic.
(d) Conversational.

3. In Mindful, what does Oliver say she was born to do?
(a) All of these.
(b) To lose herself.
(c) To listen.
(d) To look.

4. Which of these is a line from The Bleeding Heart?
(a) I think that was true.
(b) I wish that I were her.
(c) Where could that have gone?
(d) What has become of her.

5. How does Oliver describe the eyes of the animal in At Round Pond?
(a) Tawny.
(b) Trembling.
(c) Foreboding.
(d) Golden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is a phrase from At Round Pond?

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

3. What does Oliver hope to be after her education in Mindful?

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

5. What did Oliver say the woman who planted the bleeding heart plant probably got joy from in The Bleeding Heart?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Oliver say we are all helping to build in Song of the Builders?

2. 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?

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

4. In May, what does Oliver say she wants to see?

5. What is the main message of Daisies?

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

7. What are some of the questions asked in How Would You Live Then?

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

9. What are the two extremes Oliver describes about her life in Long Afternoon at the Edge of Sister Pond?

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

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