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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. Which of Cunningham's poems it the first to appear in his section?
(a) "For my Contemporaries."
(b) "Middle Passage."
(c) "To My Wife,"
(d) "A Century of Epigrams."

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

3. "Mule Team and Poster" was based on a photograph taken by which of the following?
(a) Adams.
(b) Walker.
(c) Dorchest.
(d) Leiberman.

4. Adrienne Rich practiced which religion?
(a) Paganism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Catholocism.

5. Merrill moved back to the US in which year?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1961,
(c) 1959.
(d) 1974.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was A.R. Ammons field of study in college?

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

4. "Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg" discusses what type of mine?

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

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