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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. "Amusing Our Daughters" was written to which of the poet's family members?
(a) Father.
(b) Mother.
(c) Sister.
(d) Brother.

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

3. Ammons favored which style?
(a) Haiku.
(b) Epigram.
(c) Limmerick.
(d) Quatrain.

4. Gary Snyder referred to himself as having very ____ values.
(a) Archaic.
(b) Visionary.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Simple.

5. Who served as the first Poet Laureate of the United States?
(a) Garrigue.
(b) Warren.
(c) Hayden.
(d) Olson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carolyn Kizer wrote a poem about man's abuse of which natural resource?

2. Who was heavily influenced by Theodore Roethke?

3. Richard Hugo grew up in which western US city?

4. Garrigue was influenced by which famous composer?

5. In what year was the position established?

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