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

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

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

4. What does Oliver call the prey in Prose Poem 2?
(a) A flashing jewel.
(b) A piece of nothing.
(c) A piece of heart.
(d) A frightened tidbit.

5. What does Oliver say we are building in Song of the Builders?
(a) The past.
(b) The future.
(c) The universe.
(d) The nation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver envy in While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing?

2. How long did the bleeding heart plant survive in The Bleeding Heart?

3. How is While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing formatted?

4. In Seven White Butterflies, which of these authors does Oliver mention?

5. Which of these words does Oliver use to describe letters in Forty Years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Oliver say the owl is symbolic of in At Round Pond?

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

3. What is the poet amazed by in Mindful?

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

5. What does Oliver say spring is like for humans?

6. In Grass, what does Oliver say humans could learn from inanimate objects?

7. What is compared in Many Miles?

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

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

10. In While I am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what does Oliver say she has envied her whole life?

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