View a FREE sample

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. What was Yusef Komunyakaa's birth name?
(a) Seth Lindstrom.
(b) Robert Korb.
(c) Josef Brown.
(d) Yuri Williams.

2. How old was Amy Clampitt when her first book was published?
(a) 67.
(b) 70.
(c) 63.
(d) 58.

3. W.S. Merwin attended which Ivy League school?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Yale.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Harvard.

4. Robert Penn Warren is said to have written poetry in a _____ style.
(a) Metaphysical.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Mercenary.
(d) Minimalist.

5. Which of the poets worked at the Museum of Modern Art?
(a) Dickey.
(b) Hecht.
(c) Schuyler.
(d) Moss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Michael Harper wrote a poem dedicated to which famous musician?

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

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

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

5. John Ashbery lived in which European city?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 138 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample