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

2. Philip Levine held which of the following jobs?
(a) Bank teller.
(b) Insurance salesman.
(c) Chicken farmer.
(d) Railroad shipper.

3. Marilyn Hacker previously worked as a salesperson. Which item did Hacker sell?
(a) Modern art.
(b) Vintage clothes.
(c) Antique books.
(d) Encyclopedias.

4. Who wrote the poem titled, "Onions?"
(a) Matthews.
(b) Hacker.
(c) Olds.
(d) Smith.

5. Marilyn Hacker spends six months of the year in New York; the other six months in _____.
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Paris.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Vancouver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which poet wrote about the "domestic self?"

2. Which poem was written for a survivor of Hiroshima?

3. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "The Sheep Child?"

4. Schuyler compares poetry to which of the following?

5. Philip Levine was greatly impacted by which war?

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