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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. Ammons favored which style?
(a) Haiku.
(b) Epigram.
(c) Quatrain.
(d) Limmerick.

2. The introduction states that American art was great because of _____.
(a) Freedom.
(b) Trust.
(c) Adversity.
(d) Unity.

3. One of Randall Jarrell's poems is titled, "The Women at the ____ Zoo."
(a) New York.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Washington.
(d) Toronto.

4. Which poet wrote "The Gas Station?"
(a) Wright.
(b) Oliver.
(c) Lorde.
(d) Williams.

5. Edward Hirsch currently works as the head of which prestigious organization?
(a) Guggenheim Foundation.
(b) Pulitzer Prize Committee.
(c) Library of Congress.
(d) National Endowment for the Arts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Michael S. Harper created his work by combining autobiography and ____.

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

3. James Merrill spent part of his life living in which exotic location?

4. Which of the following is a main theme in Amy Clampitt's work?

5. Which fabric appears in the titles of several of Henri Cole's poems?

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