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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Louise Gluck, Sandra McPherson, Michael Palmer, Ellen Bryant Voigt, and Kay Ryan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Meredith served in which branch of the armed forces?
(a) Marines.
(b) Navy.
(c) Air Force.
(d) Coast Guard.

2. What was the name of the publication edited by Van Duyn?
(a) Meter.
(b) Illusions.
(c) Denouement.
(d) Perspective.

3. Which poet was born in Ohio?
(a) Wright.
(b) Ashbery.
(c) Merrill.
(d) Ammons.

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

5. Justice writes a poem about a lone reader waiting in a _____ at dusk.
(a) Shopping mall.
(b) Garden.
(c) Cemetery.
(d) School yard.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "Planetarium" was written in honor of which astronomer?

2. Olson believed poetry should be written based on _____, not meter.

3. Which of the following is not one of Lowell's poems?

4. Which of the following words is not used to describe Wright's work?

5. From which university did Theodore Roethke graduate?

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