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Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver Quiz

Mary Oliver
This Study Guide consists of approximately 41 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Devotions.

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver Quiz

Mary Oliver
This Study Guide consists of approximately 41 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Devotions.

Take our free Devotions quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

The ocean appears several times in the poems collected from A Thousand Mornings. What does it represent in all of these poems? (from A Thousand Mornings (2012), Swan (2010), Evidence (2009))

2.

Why is the first book collected in Devotions called Felicity? (from Felicity (2015), Blue Horses (2014), Dog Songs (2013))

3.

When Oliver talks about technology or modernity, it is generally with discomfort. How does she describe the parts of society she feels are dangerous in the final stanza of "Evidence?" (from A Thousand Mornings (2012), Swan (2010), Evidence (2009))

4.

In "Picking Blueberries, Austerlitz, New York 1957," Oliver describes an encounter with a deer in the field. Oliver often compares human moments and traits to the natural world, but less frequently compares wild creatures to other parts of nature. What does it mean that she does so here? (from New and Selected Poems: Volume One (1992), House of Light (1990), Dream Work (1986))

5.

"At Blackwater Pond" is the earliest poem in Devotions to mention Blackwater, a place Oliver returned to again and again in her work. How does she describe this poetic first meeting? (from Twelve Moons (1979), The River Styx, Ohio (1972), No Voyage and Other Poems, (1963 and 1965))

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