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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. Which president is mentioned in the title of one of Wright's poems?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) Truman.
(c) Hoover.
(d) Washington.

2. Which poet was born in Ohio?
(a) Ashbery.
(b) Wright.
(c) Merrill.
(d) Ammons.

3. Which one of the poets worked as a consultant to the Library of Congress?
(a) Van Duyn.
(b) Hecht.
(c) Moss.
(d) Schuyler.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote "Venetian Interior, 1889?"

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

4. C.K. Williams worked as which of the following?

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

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