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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. John Ashbery lived in which European city?
(a) London.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Venice.
(d) Paris.

2. Schuyler compares poetry to which of the following?
(a) Painting.
(b) Constellations.
(c) Death.
(d) Birth.

3. Olson believed poetry should be written based on _____, not meter.
(a) Breath.
(b) Syllables.
(c) Tone.
(d) Length.

4. Which of the poets worked at the Museum of Modern Art?
(a) Schuyler.
(b) Hecht.
(c) Moss.
(d) Dickey.

5. What was A.R. Ammons field of study in college?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Tourist from Syracuse" was inspired by the writing of which author?

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

3. Which series of numbers is in the poem titled, "A Century of Epigrams?"

4. Garrigue was influenced by which famous composer?

5. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "Einstein's Bathrobe?"

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