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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 Song of the Builders, what does Oliver think about?

2. How does Oliver describe the sound of snowflakes?

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

4. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver talk about in a painting?

5. What makes Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches different from the other poems in that section?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Oliver describe letters in Forty Years?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is Many Miles about?

8. What does Oliver say we are all helping to build in Song of the Builders?

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

10. In Mindful, what does Oliver say she sees everyday?

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

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

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

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