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

2. What time of day did the poet try to save the animal in The Measure?
(a) Evening.
(b) Night.
(c) Morning.
(d) Afternoon.

3. How are the poems in this book grouped together?
(a) By publishing date.
(b) By subject matter.
(c) By length.
(d) By random order.

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

5. What does Oliver call the things in life that are not human?
(a) Non-humans.
(b) Partners.
(c) Co-inhabitants.
(d) Others.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Oliver use plants and animals in her poems?

4. Which of these words is used by the editor to describe Oliver's style?

5. In Work sometimes, which of these does Oliver list as something that happiness is NOT?

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