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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Charles Wright, Audre Lorde, Mary Oliver, Jay Wright, and C.K. Williams.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Charles Wright wrote an homage to which famous painter?
(a) Cezanne.
(b) Renoir.
(c) Manet.
(d) Monet.

2. Gary Snyder focuses a lot of his work around which topic?
(a) God.
(b) Love.
(c) Nature.
(d) Death.

3. "The Tourist from Syracuse" was inspired by the writing of which author?
(a) MacDonald.
(b) Mailer.
(c) Miller.
(d) Mackey.

4. Which of the following was not a job held by Wilbur?
(a) Editor.
(b) Lyricist.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Conductor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who prompted Anne Sexton to start a writing career?

2. Which of the following was not one of the jobs held by Gary Snyder?

3. Who wrote "Venetian Interior, 1889?"

4. Richard Howard worked as a writer and editor of dictionaries. What is the proper name for a person who has that job?

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

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