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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections II through VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Oliver like to use her most common literary device?
(a) It is a symbolic form of writing.
(b) It makes her work unique.
(c) It comes easily to her.
(d) It broadens understanding of humans.

2. In Work sometimes, which of these does Oliver list as something that happiness is NOT?
(a) A town on a map.
(b) A trip to an aunt.
(c) The need to push onward.
(d) Work ongoing.

3. What does Oliver say about our lives in The Measure?
(a) They are blessed.
(b) They are our right.
(c) They are purposeful.
(d) They are watched over.

4. What is the animal symbolic of in At Round Pond?
(a) Will.
(b) Death.
(c) Life.
(d) Agency.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Oliver's most commonly used literary device in these poems?

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

3. In Seven White Butterflies, what does Oliver compare butterfly wings to?

4. What animal is featured in At Round Pond?

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

(see the answer key)

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