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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James Merrill spent part of his life living in which exotic location?
(a) Thailand.
(b) Tahiti.
(c) Bermuda.
(d) Key West.

2. How many poets appear in the book?
(a) 60.
(b) 100.
(c) 80.
(d) 75.

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

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

5. Who served as the first Poet Laureate of the United States?
(a) Garrigue.
(b) Hayden.
(c) Olson.
(d) Warren.

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

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

8. Where is the Jain Bird Hospital located?
(a) Prague.
(b) Delhi.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Budapest.

9. Which poet was born in Ohio?
(a) Wright.
(b) Ammons.
(c) Ashbery.
(d) Merrill.

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

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

12. What position did Dickey hold in the army during WWII?
(a) Medic.
(b) Fighter pilot.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Chaplain.

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

14. Charles Olson refers to himself as which of the following?
(a) Shaman.
(b) Archeologist.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Anthropologist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Merrill was known for writing in which type of verse?

2. Frank O'Hara studied at which university?

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

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

5. in Creeley's "The Rescue," the poet describes which tragedy?

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