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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Amy Clampitt, Dave Smith, Marilyn Hacker, William Matthews, and Sharon Olds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jay Wright honored famed black scientist _______ in his work.
(a) Washington.
(b) Banneker.
(c) Woods.
(d) Lowell.

2. David Wagoner wrote a poem about which activity?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Flying.
(d) Surfing.

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

4. Howard wrote a poem focused on aristocrats of which century?
(a) 18th.
(b) 20th.
(c) 19th.
(d) 17th.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Philip Levine was born in which Midwestern city?

2. In which year did Merrill win the Pulitzer Prize?

3. Which city was the center of the great poetry Renaissance?

4. Richard Hugo taught at which university?

5. Which of the poets also worked as a playwright?

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