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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. At the beginning of Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say she is humbled by?
(a) Love.
(b) Life.
(c) Nature.
(d) Religion.

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

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

4. In Mindful, what kind of things does Oliver say we should lose ourselves in?
(a) Ourselves.
(b) None of these.
(c) Extraordinary things.
(d) Drab things.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does Oliver use to describe the world in Mindful?

2. What are cantos?

3. How does Oliver describe Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches?

4. What did Oliver say the woman who planted the bleeding heart plant probably got joy from in The Bleeding Heart?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the overall feeling in Prose Poem 1?

2. Which authors does Oliver mention in Seven White Butterflies, and why?

3. What is the main message of Daisies?

4. How does Oliver describe the spirit in The Soul At Last?

5. What is Many Miles about?

6. In Prose Poem 2, what does Oliver say about narrative, and how does this change the feeling of the poem?

7. What creature is described in Spring, and why?

8. In Mindful, where does Oliver say she gets all of her teaching?

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

10. What does Oliver talk about in Bleeding Heart?

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