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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Work Sometimes, what does Oliver say happiness is?
2. What did Oliver do at the end of Work Sometimes?
3. In Everything, what does Oliver compare elaboration to?
4. What does Oliver call the things in life that are not human?
5. In Everything, what are we told to look to for examination?
Short Essay Questions
1. At the beginning of The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that Comes First, what does Oliver state the hawk finds joy in?
2. How did Oliver feel at the beginning of Work Sometimes and why?
3. In Work Sometimes, what are some of the things that Oliver lists as NOT leading to happiness?
4. In Everything, where are some of the places Oliver states she wants to go when she writes?
5. In The Measure, how does Oliver say the turtle came to choose its course of travel for the day Oliver saw it?
6. In Work Sometimes, what does Oliver say happiness truly is?
7. What did Mary Oliver compare the hawk in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that Comes First to when it was in the grass?
8. In The Measure, what does Mary Oliver say her watched over life resulted in and why?
9. What did the hawk do at the end of The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that Comes First?
10. In Everything, what kind of words does Oliver say she wants to avoid in her poetry, and what examples of good words does she give?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mary Oliver has an incredible gift for creating touching analogies. What are some of the analogies shared in these poems, and what are their deeper meanings?
Essay Topic 2
What are some of the particular animals that were included in these poems, and what did their inclusion do to the tone of the poems?
Essay Topic 3
Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times in a number of different poems. What are some of these instances, and how are these examples different from each other?
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