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

2. In Prose Poem 1, what does Oliver say the season she talks about was full of?

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

4. In Seven White Butterflies, what does Oliver compare butterfly wings to?

5. At the end of Mindful, what does Oliver say prayers are made of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Grass, what does Oliver say nature does?

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

5. How is Prose Poem 2 worded, and what effect does this have on the reader?

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

7. In Grass, what does Oliver say humans could learn from inanimate objects?

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

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

10. What is compared in Many Miles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the main places where personification is used in these poems, and what messages are sent in these moments?

Essay Topic 2

What was the overall message being sent in Seven White Butterflies, and how was this theme presented?

Essay Topic 3

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

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