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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 kind of hands does Oliver hope to write her poetry with?
(a) Useful hands.
(b) Busy hands.
(c) Rough hands.
(d) Quiet hands.

2. What does Oliver observe at the end of Work Sometimes?
(a) Desire.
(b) Nature.
(c) Literature.
(d) Humans.

3. What was a joy to the animal featured in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) Wind.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Victory.
(d) Speed.

4. What is the name of the first section of poems in this group?
(a) New Poems.
(b) The Begininning.
(c) First.
(d) 2004.

5. What is the turtle in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones, doing?
(a) Teaching her babies to swim.
(b) Swimming in the lake.
(c) Dying.
(d) Burying her eggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver say about our lives in The Measure?

2. Which of the following is a line from Work Sometimes?

3. What kind of citizen did the poet call the animal in The Measure?

4. In Everything, what does Oliver say she has faith in?

5. What belongs to the animal in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

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