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

2. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver talk about being inside walls?

3. What literary device is used heavily in Prose Poem 2?

4. How does Oliver describe Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What creature is described in Spring, and why?

3. What is the main message of Song of the Builders?

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

5. In May, what does Oliver say she wants to see?

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

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

8. What does Oliver talk about in Bleeding Heart?

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

10. What is compared in Many Miles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What is the main message being sent in Work Sometimes, and how is this poem different from the other poems in the first section of this book?

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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