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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. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver say shouts out its name?
(a) Stars.
(b) Bees.
(c) Brooks.
(d) Mockingbirds.

2. Which of these is a line from Seven White Butterflies?
(a) Why am I not with them now?
(b) Who would have thought it could be so easy.
(c) What am I to learn from this?
(d) Where would I go if I were one with them?

3. In Everything, what does Oliver say she has faith in?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her words.
(c) Her God.
(d) Her art.

4. What does the editor say new readers of Oliver will feel when they read the first section?
(a) They are in for a surprise.
(b) They will feel like they have always known her.
(c) They will be eased into the style.
(d) They will get sucked in right away.

5. How is the pond in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones described?
(a) Black and leafy.
(b) Small and shallow.
(c) Deep and quiet.
(d) Blue and billowy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the animal featured in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First described in the first lines?

2. What does Oliver call the prey in Prose Poem 2?

3. What was a joy to the animal featured in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?

4. In The Soul At Last, which of these does Oliver say the composition of the soul is like?

5. Which of these is a line from Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond?

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