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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 of the poets wrote a piece titled, "The Sheep Child?"
(a) Van Duyn.
(b) Dickey.
(c) Moss.
(d) Hecht.

2. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "Frederick Douglass?"
(a) Hayden.
(b) Cunningham.
(c) Olson.
(d) Garrigue.

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

4. Michael Palmer's poetry is said to use a(n) ______ abstraction.
(a) Argumentative.
(b) Mystical.
(c) Free flowing.
(d) Controlled.

5. Which poet was the first director of the literary programs at the National Endowment for the Arts?
(a) Hugo.
(b) Levertov.
(c) Bowers.
(d) Kizer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What award did Yusef Komunyakaa receive for military service?

3. "Mule Team and Poster" was based on a photograph taken by which of the following?

4. What is the earliest year in which one of the poets was born?

5. Galway Kinnell wrote about which of the following topics?

(see the answer key)

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