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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. What are cantos?
(a) Songs.
(b) Parts of a larger work.
(c) Descriptions.
(d) Prose works.

2. What does Oliver hope to be after her education in Mindful?
(a) Wise.
(b) Significant.
(c) Proud.
(d) Learned.

3. What is the tone of While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing?
(a) Conversational.
(b) Sarcastic.
(c) Prayerful.
(d) Witty.

4. What is distinct about the poems from West Wind?
(a) They are more adventurous.
(b) They are light and witty.
(c) They are more philosophical.
(d) They have a sad tone.

5. What does Oliver hope to show about the world in her poems?
(a) How to navigate through the world.
(b) What is becoming of the world.
(c) Where the world has been.
(d) How the world works.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Mindful, what kind of things does Oliver say we should lose ourselves in?

2. What does Oliver try to identify at the beginning of Work Sometimes?

3. Which of these is a line from Spring?

4. What season is recalled in Prose Poem 1?

5. What should one be transcending according to Everything?

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