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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Amy Clampitt, Dave Smith, Marilyn Hacker, William Matthews, and Sharon Olds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Schuyler compares poetry to which of the following?
(a) Death.
(b) Painting.
(c) Constellations.
(d) Birth.

2. Mona Van Duyn taught at which St. Louis based university?
(a) Howard University.
(b) University of Missouri.
(c) Washington University.
(d) St. Louis University.

3. Galway Kinnell wrote about which of the following topics?
(a) Closed self.
(b) Super ID.
(c) Ego.
(d) Mental illness.

4. Anne Sexton lived in which city?
(a) Boston.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Bangor.
(d) Providence.

5. In which year did Anne Sexton die?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1978.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sharon Olds' "The Glass," she writes about her father who is dying from a tumor in which part of his body?

2. Marilyn Hacker previously worked as a salesperson. Which item did Hacker sell?

3. Which one of the poets worked as a consultant to the Library of Congress?

4. What position did Dickey hold in the army during WWII?

5. Sharon Olds is often labeled as a ______ poet.

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