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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. What had stacked up on the table in Work Sometimes?
(a) Books.
(b) All of these.
(c) Papers.
(d) Work.

2. Which of these is a line from The Measure?
(a) Hush, be still.
(b) What shall we do?
(c) No, not now.
(d) Ah, it's time.

3. What is found by Oliver, belonging to a heron, in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?
(a) An egg.
(b) A nest.
(c) A print.
(d) A feather.

4. What color were the eyes of the animal in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

5. What animal is featured in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) A gull.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A hawk.
(d) A falcon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tone does Oliver take on at the end of Work Sometimes?

2. What are most of the poems in this collection about?

3. What animal was featured in The Measure?

4. What are most of Oliver's precious poems about?

5. What does Oliver say she wants readers of Everything to look beyond?

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