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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. What was the profession of Richard Wilbur's father?
(a) Poet.
(b) Actor.
(c) Painter.
(d) Musician.

2. Mary Swenson received a degree in which discipline?
(a) Literature.
(b) Science.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Medicine.

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

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

5. Which city was the center of the great poetry Renaissance?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Chicago.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Dickey hold in the army during WWII?

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

3. Robert Penn Warren is said to have written poetry in a _____ style.

4. The introduction states that American art was great because of _____.

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

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