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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through New Poems (2004 - 2005).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the animal featured in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First described in the first lines?
(a) Robust.
(b) Gentle.
(c) Small.
(d) Soaring.

2. Where did Oliver attend college?
(a) Wisconsin State University.
(b) Iowa State University.
(c) Indiana State University.
(d) Ohio State University.

3. What does Oliver try to identify at the beginning of Work Sometimes?
(a) A memorable moment.
(b) A shared experience.
(c) A happy memory.
(d) An identity.

4. What does the editor say there is an absence of in the first section of poems?
(a) Inside jokes.
(b) Deep analogies.
(c) Anachronisms.
(d) Metaphors.

5. In Everything, what are we told to look to for examination?
(a) Ourselves.
(b) Our surroundings.
(c) Our God.
(d) Our goals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Oliver choose the tone she did at the beginning of Work Sometimes?

2. Why does Oliver like to use her most common literary device?

3. What time of day did the poet try to save the animal in The Measure?

4. How was the poet traveling when she saw an animal in The Measure?

5. What color were the eyes of the animal in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

(see the answer key)

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