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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Frank O'Hara, David Wagoner, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, and W.D. Snodgrass.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was not one of Robert Creeley's jobs?
(a) Translator.
(b) Publisher.
(c) Ambulance driver.
(d) Chicken farmer.

2. In what year was the position established?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1957.

3. Frank O'Hara studied at which university?
(a) University of Michigan.
(b) Yale.
(c) Brown.
(d) University of Montana.

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

5. "The Day Lady Died" refers to which of the following women?
(a) Marilyn Monroe.
(b) Billie Holliday.
(c) Jackie Kennedy Onasis.
(d) Lucille Ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. Meredith served in which branch of the armed forces?

2. "The Tourist from Syracuse" was inspired by the writing of which author?

3. What was the profession of Richard Wilbur's father?

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

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

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