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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the first plant talked about in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?
(a) Corn.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Roses.
(d) Barley.
2. How does Oliver come to a better understanding of human nature?
(a) She meditates.
(b) She looks to non-human examples.
(c) She talks to people of different ages.
(d) She observes the ocean tides.
3. What does Oliver call most of her poems?
(a) Creations.
(b) Observations.
(c) Friends.
(d) Statements of truth.
4. What is the subject of Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?
(a) Nature.
(b) Literature.
(c) Personal identity.
(d) Motivations.
5. What are most of Oliver's precious poems about?
(a) Feelings.
(b) Plants.
(c) Abstract thoughts.
(d) Relationships.
6. In Everything, what does Oliver say she has faith in?
(a) Her words.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her God.
(d) Her art.
7. What does the editor say there is an absence of in the first section of poems?
(a) Inside jokes.
(b) Metaphors.
(c) Deep analogies.
(d) Anachronisms.
8. What kind of hands does Oliver hope to write her poetry with?
(a) Rough hands.
(b) Quiet hands.
(c) Busy hands.
(d) Useful hands.
9. How does Oliver say Everything first came to her?
(a) A dream.
(b) A vision.
(c) A quiet whispering.
(d) A moment of calm.
10. What did the animal in The Measure do when the poet tried to save it?
(a) Hissed at her.
(b) Bit her.
(c) Ran away.
(d) Looked into her eye.
11. How does the editor describe the language in the first section of poems?
(a) Descriptive.
(b) Basic.
(c) Adorned.
(d) Imaginative.
12. What were the feet of the animal compared to in The Real Prayers are Not the Words, but the Attention that comes First?
(a) Sand.
(b) Flowers.
(c) The Sun.
(d) Butter.
13. In Everything, what does Oliver compare elaboration to?
(a) Striped canes.
(b) Puffed sleeves.
(c) Vests with ties.
(d) Frills and lace.
14. What does the editor say Oliver is NOT trying to do with the poems in the first section?
(a) Observe nature.
(b) Make the reader think.
(c) Observe humanity.
(d) Surprise the reader.
15. How is Oliver trying to establish the intimacy she desires in Work Sometimes?
(a) She is very open.
(b) She breaks down some barriers.
(c) She has some suggestive innuendos.
(d) She uses a conversational tone.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Oliver compare picking the right words to in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?
2. What time of day did the poet try to save the animal in The Measure?
3. What else does the editor say there is an absence of in the first section of poems?
4. What does Oliver try to write most of her poems about?
5. What is found by Oliver, belonging to a heron, in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?
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