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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May Swenson, Robert Duncan, William Meredith, Howard Nemerov, and Richard Wilbur.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Duncan was linked to the _______ poets.
(a) Ancient Greek.
(b) Post Modern.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) Black Mountain.

2. Which city was the center of the great poetry Renaissance?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) London.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Paris.

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

4. What word is best used to describe Robert Lowell?
(a) Disturbed.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Rebellious.
(d) Righteous.

5. What was Meredith's job?
(a) Aviator.
(b) Captain.
(c) Auto mechanic.
(d) Flying nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city was Robert Hayden born?

2. The introduction states that American art was great because of _____.

3. In what year was the position established?

4. From which university did Theodore Roethke graduate?

5. Robert Penn Warren is said to have written poetry in a _____ style.

(see the answer key)

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