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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the profession of Richard Wilbur's father?
(a) Poet.
(b) Painter.
(c) Musician.
(d) Actor.

4. David Wagoner's work was greatly influenced by which native American tribe?
(a) Lakota.
(b) Pueblo.
(c) Plateau.
(d) Anasazi.

5. Which one of the poets worked as a consultant to the Library of Congress?
(a) Hecht.
(b) Moss.
(c) Schuyler.
(d) Van Duyn.

6. "Mule Team and Poster" was based on a photograph taken by which of the following?
(a) Dorchest.
(b) Leiberman.
(c) Adams.
(d) Walker.

7. Duncan's work is different because it is considered to be more ____.
(a) Abstract.
(b) Surreal.
(c) Visionary.
(d) Concrete.

8. Merwin, a former expatriate, lives in which US state?
(a) California.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) New York.
(d) Rhode Island.

9. In what year did O'Hara die?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1971.
(c) 9182.
(d) 1966.

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

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

12. Carolyn Kizer wrote a poem about man's abuse of which natural resource?
(a) Steel.
(b) Oil.
(c) Water.
(d) Air.

13. Frank O'Hara studied at which university?
(a) Brown.
(b) University of Montana.
(c) University of Michigan.
(d) Yale.

14. "The Day Lady Died" refers to which of the following women?
(a) Billie Holliday.
(b) Marilyn Monroe.
(c) Jackie Kennedy Onasis.
(d) Lucille Ball.

15. Who was heavily influenced by Theodore Roethke?
(a) Bowers.
(b) Auden.
(c) Hugo.
(d) Justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words is used to describe Mary Swenson's work?

2. What was A.R. Ammons field of study in college?

3. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "Frederick Douglass?"

4. Allen Ginsberg is closely affiliated with which poetic movement?

5. In what year did Swenson move to New York?

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