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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through James Merrill, W.S. Merwin, A.R. Ammons, John Ashbery, and James Wright.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Meredith served in which branch of the armed forces?
(a) Air Force.
(b) Coast Guard.
(c) Marines.
(d) Navy.

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

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

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

5. From which university did Theodore Roethke graduate?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Florida.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Delaware.

Short Answer Questions

1. Merrill was known for writing in which type of verse?

2. Which of the following words is not used in reference to Howard Nemerov's work?

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

4. W.S. Merwin attended which Ivy League school?

5. In what year did Swenson move to New York?

(see the answer key)

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