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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. What position did Dickey hold in the army during WWII?
(a) Fighter pilot.
(b) Medic.
(c) Chaplain.
(d) Mechanic.

2. Elizabeth Bishop was raised by relatives in which major metropolitan area?
(a) New York.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Boston.
(d) St. Louis.

3. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "Einstein's Bathrobe?"
(a) Hecht.
(b) Van Duyn.
(c) Dickey.
(d) Moss.

4. One of Randall Jarrell's poems is titled, "The Women at the ____ Zoo."
(a) Washington.
(b) Toronto.
(c) San Diego.
(d) New York.

5. Carolyn Kizer wrote a poem about man's abuse of which natural resource?
(a) Oil.
(b) Air.
(c) Steel.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Meredith served in which branch of the armed forces?

2. Which of Cunningham's poems it the first to appear in his section?

3. Which city was the center of the great poetry Renaissance?

4. Who was heavily influenced by Theodore Roethke?

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

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