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Mary Jane Oliver was born in the year 1935. She was one of the known merican poet who won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for her work inspired by nature. She began writing poetry at the age of 14 and went on to publish numerous collections of poems, including American Primitive and New and Selected Poems. Oliver worked as a secretary for the sister of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay and was a Poet in Residence at Bucknell University. She passed away in 2019 at the age of 83.
 

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When did Mary Oliver begin writing poetry?

  • 14 years old

  • 15 years old

  • 17 years old

  • 28 years old

What did Mary Oliver compare herself to in "When Death Comes"?

  • A bride married to amazement

  • A groom taking the world into his arms

  • A bird soaring through the sky

  • A tree rooted deep in the earth

In what state was Mary Oliver born?

  • Ohio

  • New York

  • Vermont

  • Michigan

Which of Mary Oliver's pieces won the L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award?

  • American Primitive

  • New and Selected Poems

  • House of Light

  • Winter Hours

What was the name of Mary Oliver's first collection of poems?

  • American Primitive

  • New and Selected Poems

  • No Voyage and Other Poems

  • House of Light

In what year did Mary Oliver win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry?

  • 1984

  • 1990

  • 1992

  • 2004

Which of the following is a theme in Mary Oliver's poetry?

  • Human society

  • Politics

  • Nature

  • Technology

In what state did Mary Oliver hold the Catharine Osgood Foster Chair for Distinguished Teaching?

  • Ohio

  • Vermont

  • New York

  • Michigan

Which of the following did Mary Oliver NOT win?

  • Pulitzer Prize

  • National Book Award

  • Christopher Award

  • Nobel Prize

Where did Mary Oliver work as a secretary?

  • Interlochen Arts Camp

  • The Ohio State University

  • Vassar College

  • Steepletop

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