The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

J. D. Mcclatchy
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 119 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

J. D. Mcclatchy
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 119 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Duncan was linked to the _______ poets.
(a) Greenwich Village.
(b) Black Mountain.
(c) Post Modern.
(d) Ancient Greek.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Jain Bird Hospital located?

2. What was Meredith's job?

3. In what year was the position established?

4. Which of the poets worked at the Museum of Modern Art?

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

(see the answer key)

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