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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 try to avoid awkwardness in as she is writing?
(a) Format.
(b) Symbols.
(c) Abbreviations.
(d) Subject matter.

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

3. Which of the following is a line from Work Sometimes?
(a) Desire will consume those who don't care to control.
(b) Those who know need not read longer.
(c) Sameness can be found in any landscape.
(d) You have had days like this, no doubt.

4. What is Oliver's most commonly used literary device in these poems?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Anthropomorphism.
(d) Allusion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the turtle in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones, doing?

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

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

4. What else does the editor say there is an absence of in the first section of poems?

5. What does Oliver hope to show about the world in her poems?

(see the answer key)

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