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Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver Quiz

Mary Oliver
This Study Guide consists of approximately 41 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Devotions.

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver Quiz

Mary Oliver
This Study Guide consists of approximately 41 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Devotions.

Take our free Devotions quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Where does the story of the Truro bear reappear later in Oliver's career but earlier in the collection? (from Twelve Moons (1979), The River Styx, Ohio (1972), No Voyage and Other Poems, (1963 and 1965))

2.

How does Oliver's late-night encounter with a loon in "The Loon" interact with other poems in the collection? (from Long Life (2004), Owls and Other Fantasies (2003), What Do We Know (2002))

3.

The poem "Honey Locust" is a celebration of Oliver's love for a specific tree, so why does it end with the lines "Gladness gleams / all the way to the grave" (21-22)? (from New and Selected Poems Volume Two (2005), Blue Iris (2004), Why I Wake Early (2004))

4.

In "The Kitten," Oliver describes burying a stillborn, deformed kitten in the yard. Why does she choose to bury the kitten privately? (from American Primitive (1983), Three Rivers Poetry Journal (1980), Three Poems for James Wright (1982))

5.

The poem "Red" is about two gray foxes. Why is it called "Red?" (from The Truro Bear and Other Adventures (2008), Red Bird (2008), Thirst (2006))

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