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

2. In what year did Swenson move to New York?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1946,
(c) 1959,
(d) 1949.

3. Which poet wrote "To the Harbormaster?"
(a) Wagoner.
(b) Ginsberg.
(c) Creeley.
(d) O'Hara.

4. Mona Van Duyn taught at which St. Louis based university?
(a) Washington University.
(b) St. Louis University.
(c) Howard University.
(d) University of Missouri.

5. In which city was Robert Hayden born?
(a) New York.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Los Angeles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many poets appear in the book?

2. Who served as the first Poet Laureate of the United States?

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

4. W.D. Snodgrass served in which branch of the armed forces?

5. Which of the following is not one of Lowell's poems?

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