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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 The Soul At Last, which of these does Oliver compare the soul to?
(a) Tree bark.
(b) Children's prayers.
(c) Aspen leaves.
(d) Birds' nests.

2. What do the bees in May do?
(a) Search.
(b) Dive.
(c) Swim.
(d) Hunt.

3. What does Oliver describe with the words red fire in Spring?
(a) A tongue.
(b) Eyes.
(c) The warmth of the sun.
(d) The pain of birth.

4. In Seven White Butterflies, which of these does Oliver compare the flying butterflies to?
(a) Singers.
(b) Dancers.
(c) Weavers.
(d) Artists.

5. What does Oliver wish to be at the end of Bleeding Heart?
(a) The friend of a gardener.
(b) A woman who would not weep.
(c) The woman who planted the flowers.
(d) A bleeding heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches different from the other poems in that section?

2. Which of these words does Oliver use to describe letters in Forty Years?

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

4. What does Oliver say she calls herself everyday in Mindful?

5. In Mindful, what does Oliver say almost kills her every day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. In Mindful, where does Oliver say she gets all of her teaching?

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