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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Unlike many poets, Robert Pinsky has no interest in _____.
(a) Simile.
(b) Realism.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Metaphor.

2. Sylvia Plath wrote a poem in honor of God's lioness _____.
(a) Demeter.
(b) Bast.
(c) Ilsa.
(d) Ariel.

3. Sharon Olds is often labeled as a ______ poet.
(a) Mainstream.
(b) Confessional.
(c) Regressional.
(d) Controversial.

4. Dave Smith has developed a poetic voice often referred to as the ____ self.
(a) Second.
(b) Inner.
(c) Repressed.
(d) Distorted.

5. Marilyn Hacker previously worked as a salesperson. Which item did Hacker sell?
(a) Encyclopedias.
(b) Antique books.
(c) Vintage clothes.
(d) Modern art.

6. Which of the following was not one of the jobs held by Gary Snyder?
(a) Logger.
(b) Seaman.
(c) Forester.
(d) Ditch digger.

7. Charles Wright wrote an homage to which famous painter?
(a) Renoir.
(b) Cezanne.
(c) Manet.
(d) Monet.

8. Anne Sexton lived in which city?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Providence.
(c) Boston.
(d) Bangor.

9. Which poet wrote the poem titled, "Ebb Tide?"
(a) Dove.
(b) Hirsch.
(c) Graham.
(d) McHugh.

10. Mary Oliver is considered to be one of the best ____ poets.
(a) Surrealist.
(b) Realist.
(c) Naturalist.
(d) Idealist.

11. Charles Simic was born in which country?
(a) Slovakia.
(b) Yugoslavia.
(c) Bosnia.
(d) Serbia.

12. Which poet wrote "Another Life?"
(a) Bidart.
(b) Pinsky.
(c) Harper.
(d) Simic.

13. Robert Haas earned his Ph.D. from which university?
(a) Columbia.
(b) MIT.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Stanford.

14. Who wrote the poem titled, "Onions?"
(a) Matthews.
(b) Hacker.
(c) Smith.
(d) Olds.

15. Which poet works at Johns Hopkins University?
(a) Hacker.
(b) Smith.
(c) Clampitt.
(d) Olds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Philip Levine was greatly impacted by which war?

2. Robert Pinsky studied at which university?

3. What was the name of Sylvia Plath's husband?

4. Which of the poets was born in the south but uses a northern perspective?

5. In what year did Charles Simic bring his family to the US?

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