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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. How many lines is Prose Poem 1?

2. Which of these is a line from Prose Poem 1?

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

4. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver say gives prayers?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In May, what does Oliver say makes her feel most alive?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Oliver talk about in Bleeding Heart?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Religion was a theme that was touched on a number of times in this book. Where did this theme appear, and what are some of the different ways this theme was introduced?

Essay Topic 2

Which of these poems did you relate most to, and why? What about that poem touched you in a personal way?

Essay Topic 3

Nature and its power is a huge theme in this book. What are some of the main examples of this theme and how does this affect the tone of the poems?

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