View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Garrigue was influenced by which famous composer?
(a) Chopin.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Tchaikovsky.
(d) Schumann.

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

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

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

9. Which of the following was not one of Robert Creeley's jobs?
(a) Publisher.
(b) Translator.
(c) Chicken farmer.
(d) Ambulance driver.

10. Which of the poets had a Hasidic Russian rabbi for a father?
(a) Levertov.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Kizer.
(d) Bowers.

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

12. Which was not one of Cunningham's jobs?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Critic.
(c) Librarian.
(d) Translator.

13. Robert Penn Warren is said to have written poetry in a _____ style.
(a) Minimalist.
(b) Metaphysical.
(c) Mercenary.
(d) Melancholy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the poets was a high school football star?

3. Which poet cites Auden and Frost as his influences?

4. What was Meredith's job?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 275 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample