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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "Amusing Our Daughters" was written to which of the poet's family members?
(a) Father.
(b) Brother.
(c) Sister.
(d) Mother.

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

4. Which poet wrote "To the Harbormaster?"
(a) Creeley.
(b) Wagoner.
(c) O'Hara.
(d) Ginsberg.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Which of Cunningham's poems it the first to appear in his section?
(a) "A Century of Epigrams."
(b) "To My Wife,"
(c) "Middle Passage."
(d) "For my Contemporaries."

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the poets had a Hasidic Russian rabbi for a father?

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

3. Merrill moved back to the US in which year?

4. Frank O'Hara was deeply affected by the death of which famous artist?

5. Cunningham's work was referred to as being cool and _____.

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