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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. Who prompted Anne Sexton to start a writing career?
(a) Neighbor.
(b) Professor.
(c) Husband.
(d) Therapist.

2. Which of the following is a main theme in Amy Clampitt's work?
(a) Death.
(b) Self.
(c) God.
(d) Morality.

3. In which year did Anne Sexton win the Pulitzer Prize?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1974.

4. In which year was Van Duyn appointed as the Poet Laureate?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1974.

5. Philip Levine was greatly impacted by which war?
(a) Korean War.
(b) War of the Roses.
(c) World War II.
(d) Spanish War.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Philip Levine held which of the following jobs?

3. Which of the following was not a job held by Amy Clampitt?

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

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

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