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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections II through VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Oliver come to a better understanding of human nature?
(a) She talks to people of different ages.
(b) She observes the ocean tides.
(c) She meditates.
(d) She looks to non-human examples.

2. What does Oliver say is possible at the beginning of Daisies?
(a) That we can learn all there is to learn.
(b) That we can be as wise as we wish.
(c) That we can learn the language of a flower.
(d) That our spirits will live forever.

3. How does Oliver describe Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches?
(a) A meditation.
(b) An observation.
(c) A prayer.
(d) A psalm.

4. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver talk about in a painting?
(a) A rock.
(b) A flower.
(c) A bush.
(d) A tree.

5. In At Round Pond, what does Oliver say both life and death are?
(a) Unfeeling.
(b) Oblivious.
(c) Consistent.
(d) Insistent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Oliver trying to describe with the lilt in the words in Everything?

2. How many poems are in the first section?

3. What did Oliver say she was outside of while writing Work Sometimes?

4. Which of these is a line from Prose Poem 1?

5. What animal is featured in At Round Pond?

(see the answer key)

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