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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, which of these does Oliver list as something that happiness is NOT?
2. What does Oliver call the things in life that are not human?
3. Which of the following is NOT a word Oliver says she wants to use often in Everything?
4. What were the eyes of the animal compared to in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
5. Why did Oliver choose the tone she did at the beginning of Work Sometimes?
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. In The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that Comes First, what is the bird doing at the beginning of the poem?
3. In Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones, what does Oliver ask about a seed grain?
4. In Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones, what does Oliver ask about a catbird?
5. In Work Sometimes, what does Oliver say happiness truly is?
6. In The Measure, how does Oliver say the turtle came to choose its course of travel for the day Oliver saw it?
7. What did Oliver do at the beginning of The Measure?
8. What did the turtle in The Measure do when Oliver stopped to help it?
9. What is the main question Oliver asks in Work Sometimes?
10. What does Oliver think the turtle was heading for in The Measure?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How were the themes of life and death shown together? Why do you think Oliver chose to present these themes in tangent with each other?
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
Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do these moments affect the tone of those poems?
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