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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a line from Prose Poem 1?
(a) How hopeful we were.
(b) How strong is the stillness.
(c) We just knew not.
(d) Never will we know for sure.

2. What do the bees in May do?
(a) Search.
(b) Swim.
(c) Hunt.
(d) Dive.

3. What does Oliver say is irrefutable in The Soul At Last?
(a) The trail of the past.
(b) The existence of the soul.
(c) The love of humans.
(d) The hope for the future.

4. How does Oliver describe the sound of snowflakes?
(a) Nooooooooooooooo.
(b) Snoooooooooooooooo.
(c) Gooooooooooooooo.
(d) Soooooooooooooooooo.

5. What does Oliver compare herself to at the beginning of Mindful?
(a) A speck.
(b) A figure.
(c) A needle.
(d) A blade of grass.

6. How is How Would You Live Then formatted?
(a) Choral form.
(b) Limerick form.
(c) Prose form.
(d) Sonnett form.

7. What does Oliver say would make the mocker silent in Daisies?
(a) Avoidance.
(b) Questions.
(c) Answers.
(d) Pride.

8. What are all the poems in the second section about?
(a) Literature.
(b) Water.
(c) Animals.
(d) Flowers.

9. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver talk about being an adviser?
(a) A dog.
(b) A sunflower.
(c) A mockingbird.
(d) A memory.

10. How does Oliver describe H's in Forty Years?
(a) Hidden.
(b) Soldierly.
(c) Inconsistent.
(d) Harsh.

11. What literary device is used heavily in Prose Poem 2?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Simile.

12. In Mindful, what does Oliver say almost kills her every day?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Delight.
(d) Memories.

13. How is While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing formatted?
(a) In triplets.
(b) In prose form.
(c) In couplets.
(d) In sonnets.

14. In While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what is the song of the bird called?
(a) An observation.
(b) A speech in progress.
(c) A thrill song.
(d) A sweet melody.

15. What is the first animal Oliver talks about in Spring?
(a) A deer.
(b) A dog.
(c) A raccoon.
(d) A bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver talk about in a painting?

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

3. What necessity has Oliver resigned to in Forty Years?

4. In Forty Years, what does Oliver say she struggles with?

5. In The Soul At Last, what is Oliver writing about doing?

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