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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 latest year in which one of the poets was born?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1971.

2. Garrigue was influenced by which famous composer?
(a) Schumann.
(b) Chopin.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Tchaikovsky.

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

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

5. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "Frederick Douglass?"
(a) Cunningham.
(b) Olson.
(c) Hayden.
(d) Garrigue.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city was Robert Hayden born?

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

3. Which poet was greatly influenced by William Butler Yeats and W.H. Auden?

4. Who served as the first Poet Laureate of the United States?

5. Which was not one of Cunningham's jobs?

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