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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mark Doty, Gjertrud Schnackenberg, Henri Cole, Li-Young Lee, and Carl Phillips.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Unlike many poets, Robert Pinsky has no interest in _____.
(a) Realism.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Symbolism.

2. Marilyn Hacker spends six months of the year in New York; the other six months in _____.
(a) Paris.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Vancouver.

3. Robert Haas earned his Ph.D. from which university?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Stanford.
(d) MIT.

4. Anne Sexton lived in which city?
(a) Providence.
(b) Boston.
(c) Bangor.
(d) Philadelphia.

5. Which of the following is a main theme in Amy Clampitt's work?
(a) God.
(b) Death.
(c) Morality.
(d) Self.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous poet first inspired Charles Wright?

2. Which word is best used to describe Henri Cole's work?

3. Michael Harper was greatly influenced by which type of music?

4. in Creeley's "The Rescue," the poet describes which tragedy?

5. One of Randall Jarrell's poems is titled, "The Women at the ____ Zoo."

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