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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May Swenson, Robert Duncan, William Meredith, Howard Nemerov, and Richard Wilbur.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Swenson move to New York?
(a) 1946,
(b) 1949.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1959,

2. Which of Cunningham's poems it the first to appear in his section?
(a) "Middle Passage."
(b) "For my Contemporaries."
(c) "To My Wife,"
(d) "A Century of Epigrams."

3. In what year was the position established?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1971.

4. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "Frederick Douglass?"
(a) Cunningham.
(b) Garrigue.
(c) Olson.
(d) Hayden.

5. What word is best used to describe Robert Lowell?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Righteous.
(c) Rebellious.
(d) Disturbed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which was not one of Cunningham's jobs?

2. Duncan's work is different because it is considered to be more ____.

3. Cunningham's work was referred to as being cool and _____.

4. Which series of numbers is in the poem titled, "A Century of Epigrams?"

5. Olson believed poetry should be written based on _____, not meter.

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