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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. Which word is not used to describe Ellen Bryant Voigt's work?
(a) Instinctive.
(b) Non-denominational.
(c) Ironic.
(d) Moralistic.

2. From which university did Theodore Roethke graduate?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Delaware.
(c) Florida.
(d) Michigan.

3. In which year did Anne Sexton win the Pulitzer Prize?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1958.

4. Rita Dove was named as the ____ Poet Laureate.
(a) 7th.
(b) 11th.
(c) 9th.
(d) 8th.

5. What is the earliest year in which one of the poets was born?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1902.

Short Answer Questions

1. Schuyler compares poetry to which of the following?

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

3. Elizabeth Bishop was raised by relatives in which major metropolitan area?

4. Which was not one of Cunningham's jobs?

5. Charles Olson refers to himself as which of the following?

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