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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.

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))

2.

In "Backyard," Oliver describes a garden which she has failed to tend before the weather changed at the end of the season. What does the use of the three words "direction management / supervision" just before Oliver reaches the line about the birds imply? (from Long Life (2004), Owls and Other Fantasies (2003), What Do We Know (2002))

3.

In "The Poet Thinks About The Donkey," Oliver speculates about the perspective of the donkey that Jesus rode into Jerusalem. What does Oliver hope for the donkey from the biblical story? (from The Truro Bear and Other Adventures (2008), Red Bird (2008), Thirst (2006))

4.

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))

5.

"Ghosts" tells the story of an animal hunted to near-extinction during the colonization of the American west. What animal was it? (from American Primitive (1983), Three Rivers Poetry Journal (1980), Three Poems for James Wright (1982))

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