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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. What is the earliest year in which one of the poets was born?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1902.

2. How many poets appear in the book?
(a) 80.
(b) 60.
(c) 75.
(d) 100.

3. Which series of numbers is in the poem titled, "A Century of Epigrams?"
(a) 29, 53, 55, 62, 76.
(b) 26, 52, 55, 65, 79.
(c) 23, 57, 51, 62, 73.
(d) 24, 51, 53, 60, 77.

4. Randall Jarrell's poetry is typically centered around which event/era?
(a) Civil War.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) World War I.

5. In which city was Robert Hayden born?
(a) New York.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Seattle.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Cunningham's work was referred to as being cool and _____.

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

5. What word is best used to describe Robert Lowell?

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