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

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

3. Duncan's work is different because it is considered to be more ____.
(a) Visionary.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Surreal.
(d) Abstract.

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

5. Which of Cunningham's poems it the first to appear in his section?
(a) "A Century of Epigrams."
(b) "To My Wife,"
(c) "Middle Passage."
(d) "For my Contemporaries."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. From which university did Theodore Roethke graduate?

4. In what year was the position established?

5. According to the text, the best English language literature was produced in which century?

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