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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the prey in Prose Poem 2?
(a) A snake.
(b) A hummingbird.
(c) A starling.
(d) A mouse.

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

3. What does Oliver say is indefinable in The Soul At Last?
(a) The body.
(b) The afterlife.
(c) The mind.
(d) The spirit.

4. What does Oliver describe with the words red fire in Spring?
(a) The warmth of the sun.
(b) A tongue.
(c) Eyes.
(d) The pain of birth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver hope to be after her education in Mindful?

2. In While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what is the song of the bird compared to?

3. How many lines is Prose Poem 1?

4. How does Oliver describe H's in Forty Years?

5. In Prose Poem 1, what does Oliver say the season she talks about was full of?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Mindful, what does Oliver say she sees everyday?

2. What is Many Miles about?

3. What is compared in Many Miles?

4. In Grass, what does Oliver say is the most important time of all, and why?

5. How is Prose Poem 2 worded, and what effect does this have on the reader?

6. What is the main message of Song of the Builders?

7. What does Oliver say we are all helping to build in Song of the Builders?

8. In May, what does Oliver say makes her feel most alive?

9. What are the two extremes Oliver describes about her life in Long Afternoon at the Edge of Sister Pond?

10. What is the poet amazed by in Mindful?

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