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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mona Van Duyn, Howard Moss, James Dickey, Anthony Hecht, and James Schuyler.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the poets was a high school football star?
(a) Dickey.
(b) Hecht.
(c) Schuyler.
(d) Moss.

2. In which year was Van Duyn appointed as the Poet Laureate?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1974.

3. Which of the following is not one of Lowell's poems?
(a) "Skunk Hour."
(b) "Man and Wife."
(c) "One Art."
(d) "Obit."

4. Schuyler compares poetry to which of the following?
(a) Death.
(b) Painting.
(c) Birth.
(d) Constellations.

5. According to the text, the best English language literature was produced in which century?
(a) 19th.
(b) 18th.
(c) 21st.
(d) 20th.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the earliest year in which one of the poets was born?

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

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

4. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "Frederick Douglass?"

5. Which of Cunningham's poems it the first to appear in his section?

(see the answer key)

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