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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "The Sheep Child?"
(a) Van Duyn.
(b) Moss.
(c) Dickey.
(d) Hecht.

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

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

4. Who was heavily influenced by Theodore Roethke?
(a) Bowers.
(b) Auden.
(c) Hugo.
(d) Justice.

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

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

7. Merrill moved back to the US in which year?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1961,
(c) 1968.
(d) 1974.

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

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

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

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

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

13. Frank O'Hara was deeply affected by the death of which famous artist?
(a) Whistler.
(b) Picasso.
(c) Adams.
(d) Pollock.

14. Justice writes a poem about a lone reader waiting in a _____ at dusk.
(a) Shopping mall.
(b) Cemetery.
(c) School yard.
(d) Garden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words is not used in reference to Howard Nemerov's work?

2. The introduction states that American art was great because of _____.

3. What was Meredith's job?

4. What was A.R. Ammons field of study in college?

5. According to the text, the best English language literature was produced in which century?

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