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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 did Oliver say the woman who planted the bleeding heart plant probably got joy from in The Bleeding Heart?
(a) Productive things.
(b) Pretty things.
(c) Simple things.
(d) Meaningful things.

2. What creature is featured in May?
(a) A spider.
(b) A scorpion.
(c) A snake.
(d) A lizard.

3. What literary device is used heavily in Prose Poem 2?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Simile.

4. Which of the following does Oliver say she learns from in Mindful?
(a) All of these.
(b) The shine of the ocean.
(c) The prayers.
(d) The light of the world.

5. What does Oliver say she calls herself everyday in Mindful?
(a) A tutor.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A student.
(d) A scholar.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many quatrains make up Forty Years?

2. In Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say life has been as hard as?

3. What kind of creature did Oliver write about in Song of the Builders?

4. In Song of the Builders, where does Oliver go to think?

5. What is the tone of While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main message of Daisies?

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

3. In Grass, what does Oliver say humans could learn from inanimate objects?

4. In While I am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what does Oliver compare the meadowlark's song to?

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

6. How does Oliver describe letters in Forty Years?

7. 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?

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

9. In Prose Poem 2, what does Oliver say about narrative, and how does this change the feeling of the poem?

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

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