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

2. Which of Cunningham's poems it the first to appear in his section?
(a) "A Century of Epigrams."
(b) "For my Contemporaries."
(c) "To My Wife,"
(d) "Middle Passage."

3. In which year was Van Duyn appointed as the Poet Laureate?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1989.

4. Which poem was written for a survivor of Hiroshima?
(a) "The Night Mirror."
(b) "The Horse."
(c) "The Truth the Dead Know."
(d) "The Bear."

5. James Dickey claims his life was changed after spending a year in which European country?
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Merwin, a former expatriate, lives in which US state?

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

3. Marilyn Hacker spends six months of the year in New York; the other six months in _____.

4. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "Einstein's Bathrobe?"

5. W.S. Merwin attended which Ivy League school?

(see the answer key)

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