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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Richard Howard, Adrienne Rich, Gary Snyder, Sylvia Plath, and Mark Strand.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Merwin, a former expatriate, lives in which US state?
(a) New York.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) California.
(d) Rhode Island.

2. Which was not one of Cunningham's jobs?
(a) Critic.
(b) Translator.
(c) Librarian.
(d) Teacher.

3. Richard Howard worked as a writer and editor of dictionaries. What is the proper name for a person who has that job?
(a) Lithographer.
(b) Biographer.
(c) Cartographer.
(d) Lexicographer.

4. Cunningham's work was referred to as being cool and _____.
(a) Reserved.
(b) Aloof.
(c) Hip.
(d) Classical.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the poets had a Hasidic Russian rabbi for a father?

2. Justice writes a poem about a lone reader waiting in a _____ at dusk.

3. Who served as the first Poet Laureate of the United States?

4. Where is the Jain Bird Hospital located?

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

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