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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mona Van Duyn, Howard Moss, James Dickey, Anthony Hecht, and James Schuyler.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mary Swenson received a degree in which discipline?
(a) Science.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Literature.

2. Which one of the poets worked as a consultant to the Library of Congress?
(a) Moss.
(b) Hecht.
(c) Schuyler.
(d) Van Duyn.

3. Charles Olson refers to himself as which of the following?
(a) Anthropologist.
(b) Shaman.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Archeologist.

4. In which city was Robert Hayden born?
(a) New York.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Detroit.

5. Which poet cites Auden and Frost as his influences?
(a) Duncan.
(b) Meredith.
(c) Nemerov.
(d) Swenson.

Short Answer Questions

1. The introduction states that American art was great because of _____.

2. According to the text, the best English language literature was produced in which century?

3. Which city was the center of the great poetry Renaissance?

4. Schuyler compares poetry to which of the following?

5. Which poet was greatly influenced by William Butler Yeats and W.H. Auden?

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