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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 would make a paradise for the narrator of 'The Sea'?

2. What rubs its hands all over the narrator in 'Spring'?

3. What do the Bluefish eat?

4. What kind of body does the narrator want in 'The Sea'?

5. What does the narrator of 'White Night' compare the muskrat's house to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrator's head full of in 'Blackberries'?

2. What does the narrator do in the second part of 'The Garden'?

3. How does the narrator of 'Crossing the Swamp' feel when she gets covered in the mud from the swamp?

4. What does Tecumseh mean?

5. What do the lovers in 'Something' do?

6. How does the narrator of 'The Plum Trees' say happiness must be tempted?

7. What does the narrator of 'The Roses' say there is no end to?

8. What three things does the narrator of 'In Blackwater Woods' say all men must do?

9. What is the prayer whispered in 'The Garden', and who is it meant for?

10. What does the narrator of 'Honey at the Table' say the taste of honey is composed of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the different natural settings included in this collection, and what did they each indicate about Oliver's personality?

Essay Topic 2

Through these poems, Oliver presented a very interesting and unique philosophy on life. What was this philosophy, and how did this different idealism affect the tone of her literature?

Essay Topic 3

Foolishness was a very common folly highlighted in this collection of poems. What are some of the main examples of this, and what message was being sent through these examples of blatant foolishness?

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