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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 poet works at Johns Hopkins University?
(a) Smith.
(b) Clampitt.
(c) Olds.
(d) Hacker.

2. In Sharon Olds' "The Glass," she writes about her father who is dying from a tumor in which part of his body?
(a) Brain.
(b) Stomach.
(c) Lungs.
(d) Throat.

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

4. Which poet wrote about the "domestic self?"
(a) Hollander.
(b) Sexton.
(c) Levine.
(d) Kinnell.

5. Sharon Olds is often labeled as a ______ poet.
(a) Controversial.
(b) Regressional.
(c) Mainstream.
(d) Confessional.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words best describes Sharon Olds' work?

2. Who wrote the poem titled, "Onions?"

3. Marilyn Hacker spends six months of the year in New York; the other six months in _____.

4. What was the name of the publication edited by Van Duyn?

5. Which of the poets worked at the Museum of Modern Art?

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