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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. Justice writes a poem about a lone reader waiting in a _____ at dusk.
(a) Shopping mall.
(b) School yard.
(c) Cemetery.
(d) Garden.

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

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

4. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "Frederick Douglass?"
(a) Cunningham.
(b) Garrigue.
(c) Hayden.
(d) Olson.

5. Which of the poets had a Hasidic Russian rabbi for a father?
(a) Levertov.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Bowers.
(d) Kizer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. David Wagoner's work was greatly influenced by which native American tribe?

3. Duncan's work is different because it is considered to be more ____.

4. What was Meredith's job?

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

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