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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 How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver say shouts out its name?

2. In Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say life has been as soft as?

3. In The Soul At Last, which of these does Oliver say the composition of the soul is like?

4. What does Oliver call the center of the daisies in Daisies?

5. In The Soul At Last, which of these does Oliver compare the soul to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is compared in Many Miles?

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

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

9. What is the overall feeling in Prose Poem 1?

10. In While I am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what does Oliver say she has envied her whole life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how are these instances conveyed?

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

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do these moments affect the tone of those poems?

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