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

2. What is the latest year in which one of the poets was born?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1947.

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

4. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "The Sheep Child?"
(a) Van Duyn.
(b) Moss.
(c) Hecht.
(d) Dickey.

5. Who served as the first Poet Laureate of the United States?
(a) Olson.
(b) Warren.
(c) Garrigue.
(d) Hayden.

Short Answer Questions

1. David Wagoner wrote a poem about which activity?

2. Schuyler compares poetry to which of the following?

3. Which poet cites Auden and Frost as his influences?

4. Frank O'Hara was deeply affected by the death of which famous artist?

5. Garrigue was influenced by which famous composer?

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