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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg" discusses what type of mine?
(a) Coal.
(b) Silver.
(c) Diamond.
(d) Gold.

3. Frank O'Hara was deeply affected by the death of which famous artist?
(a) Pollock.
(b) Picasso.
(c) Adams.
(d) Whistler.

4. Which series of numbers is in the poem titled, "A Century of Epigrams?"
(a) 26, 52, 55, 65, 79.
(b) 24, 51, 53, 60, 77.
(c) 29, 53, 55, 62, 76.
(d) 23, 57, 51, 62, 73.

5. W.D. Snodgrass served in which branch of the armed forces?
(a) Navy.
(b) Army.
(c) Marines.
(d) Air Force.

6. Randall Jarrell's poetry is typically centered around which event/era?
(a) Civil War.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) World War I.
(d) World War II.

7. Meredith served in which branch of the armed forces?
(a) Air Force.
(b) Coast Guard.
(c) Navy.
(d) Marines.

8. In which year did Merrill win the Pulitzer Prize?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1983.

9. Which poet wrote the "Autumn Shade" series?
(a) Kizer.
(b) Bowers.
(c) Levertov.
(d) Yeats.

10. In which year was Van Duyn appointed as the Poet Laureate?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1989.

11. Which of the following was not a job held by Wilbur?
(a) Conductor.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Lyricist.
(d) Editor.

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

13. Ammons considered himself to be a part of which spiritual movement?
(a) Transcendentalist.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Hindu.
(d) Fundamental Christian.

14. Justice writes a poem about a lone reader waiting in a _____ at dusk.
(a) Shopping mall.
(b) School yard.
(c) Cemetery.
(d) Garden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Tourist from Syracuse" was inspired by the writing of which author?

2. From which university did Theodore Roethke graduate?

3. Carolyn Kizer wrote a poem about man's abuse of which natural resource?

4. At the same time, Frank O'Hara also mourned the death of which musician?

5. David Wagoner's work was greatly influenced by which native American tribe?

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