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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was A.R. Ammons field of study in college?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Music.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Chemistry.

2. in Creeley's "The Rescue," the poet describes which tragedy?
(a) Flood.
(b) Earthquake.
(c) Shooting.
(d) House fire.

3. Schuyler compares poetry to which of the following?
(a) Painting.
(b) Birth.
(c) Constellations.
(d) Death.

4. What word is best used to describe Robert Lowell?
(a) Disturbed.
(b) Rebellious.
(c) Righteous.
(d) Melancholy.

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

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

7. Mona Van Duyn taught at which St. Louis based university?
(a) Washington University.
(b) Howard University.
(c) St. Louis University.
(d) University of Missouri.

8. The introduction states that American art was great because of _____.
(a) Trust.
(b) Unity.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Adversity.

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

10. David Wagoner wrote a poem about which activity?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Surfing.
(d) Flying.

11. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "Frederick Douglass?"
(a) Cunningham.
(b) Garrigue.
(c) Hayden.
(d) Olson.

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

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

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

15. Which poet was greatly influenced by William Butler Yeats and W.H. Auden?
(a) John Berryman.
(b) Theodore Roethke.
(c) Randall Jarrell.
(d) Elizabeth Bishop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard Hugo grew up in which western US city?

2. Which of the following is not one of Lowell's poems?

3. James Dickey claims his life was changed after spending a year in which European country?

4. Ammons considered himself to be a part of which spiritual movement?

5. Mary Swenson received a degree in which discipline?

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