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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 hope to be after her education in Mindful?
2. What are cantos?
3. What adjective does Oliver use to describe the world in Mindful?
4. In While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what is the song of the bird called?
5. In Seven White Butterflies, which of these does Oliver compare the flying butterflies to?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Mindful, where does Oliver say she gets all of her teaching?
2. In Mindful, what does Oliver say she sees everyday?
3. What are the two extremes Oliver describes about her life in Long Afternoon at the Edge of Sister Pond?
4. In Grass, what does Oliver say is the most important time of all, and why?
5. What is the main message of Song of the Builders?
6. In Prose Poem 2, what does Oliver say about narrative, and how does this change the feeling of the poem?
7. In Grass, what does Oliver say nature does?
8. In While I am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what does Oliver compare the meadowlark's song to?
9. How is Prose Poem 2 worded, and what effect does this have on the reader?
10. Which authors does Oliver mention in Seven White Butterflies, and why?
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
This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and why you think Oliver chose to place these poems in those settings.
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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