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

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

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

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

5. Which of the following words best describes Sharon Olds' work?
(a) Crude.
(b) Simplistic.
(c) Mellow.
(d) Startling.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the poets was a high school football star?

3. Philip Levine was born in which Midwestern city?

4. Schuyler compares poetry to which of the following?

5. How old was Amy Clampitt when her first book was published?

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