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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. John Ashbery lived in which European city?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Paris.
(c) Venice.
(d) London.

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

3. Where is the Jain Bird Hospital located?
(a) Prague.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Budapest.
(d) Delhi.

4. In which year did Anne Sexton die?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1978.

5. Richard Howard worked as a writer and editor of dictionaries. What is the proper name for a person who has that job?
(a) Cartographer.
(b) Biographer.
(c) Lithographer.
(d) Lexicographer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which poet wrote "To the Harbormaster?"

2. Later in his career, Williams changed his style to reflect that of which famous poet?

3. Carolyn Kizer wrote a poem about man's abuse of which natural resource?

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

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

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