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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Denise Levertov, Richard Hugo, Edgar Bowers, Carolyn Kizer, and Donald Justice.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which poet was greatly influenced by William Butler Yeats and W.H. Auden?
(a) Randall Jarrell.
(b) Theodore Roethke.
(c) John Berryman.
(d) Elizabeth Bishop.

4. The introduction states that American art was great because of _____.
(a) Trust.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Adversity.
(d) Unity.

5. James Dickey claims his life was changed after spending a year in which European country?
(a) France.
(b) Ireland.
(c) England.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mona Van Duyn taught at which St. Louis based university?

2. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "Frederick Douglass?"

3. Which of the following was not a job held by Wilbur?

4. Randall Jarrell's poetry is typically centered around which event/era?

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

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