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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which poet cites Auden and Frost as his influences?
(a) Duncan.
(b) Swenson.
(c) Meredith.
(d) Nemerov.

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

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

4. Duncan was linked to the _______ poets.
(a) Ancient Greek.
(b) Greenwich Village.
(c) Black Mountain.
(d) Post Modern.

5. Cunningham's work was referred to as being cool and _____.
(a) Aloof.
(b) Reserved.
(c) Hip.
(d) Classical.

6. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "Einstein's Bathrobe?"
(a) Hecht.
(b) Dickey.
(c) Van Duyn.
(d) Moss.

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

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

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

10. Mary Swenson received a degree in which discipline?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Literature.
(c) Science.
(d) Medicine.

11. Which of the following words is used to describe Mary Swenson's work?
(a) Wise.
(b) Perceptive.
(c) Flawless.
(d) Frivolous.

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

13. John Ashbery lived in which European city?
(a) Paris.
(b) Venice.
(c) Madrid.
(d) London.

14. In which city was Robert Hayden born?
(a) New York.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Detroit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg" discusses what type of mine?

2. What was the profession of Richard Wilbur's father?

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

4. What word is best used to describe Robert Lowell?

5. Which of the following was not one of Robert Creeley's jobs?

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