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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Philip Levine held which of the following jobs?
(a) Bank teller.
(b) Chicken farmer.
(c) Insurance salesman.
(d) Railroad shipper.

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

3. Rita Dove's work often blends history with which type of poetry?
(a) Lyric.
(b) Epigram.
(c) Quatrain.
(d) Villanelle.

4. Which of the following words best describes Sharon Olds' work?
(a) Startling.
(b) Crude.
(c) Simplistic.
(d) Mellow.

5. Michael Palmer is said to be one of the original ____ poets.
(a) Renaissance.
(b) Pre-war.
(c) Language.
(d) Beat.

6. Which word is not used to describe Ellen Bryant Voigt's work?
(a) Non-denominational.
(b) Instinctive.
(c) Ironic.
(d) Moralistic.

7. Which poet wrote about the "domestic self?"
(a) Sexton.
(b) Levine.
(c) Hollander.
(d) Kinnell.

8. Jorie Graham was raised in which country?
(a) Italy.
(b) Canada.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) US.

9. Which of the following is a main theme in Amy Clampitt's work?
(a) Death.
(b) God.
(c) Morality.
(d) Self.

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

11. Which poet wrote "The Gas Station?"
(a) Williams.
(b) Lorde.
(c) Wright.
(d) Oliver.

12. Kay Ryan and her work are compared to all but which of the following women?
(a) Swenson.
(b) Sand.
(c) Moore.
(d) Dickinson.

13. Later in his career, Williams changed his style to reflect that of which famous poet?
(a) Emerson.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Longfellow.
(d) Wordsworth.

14. What famous poet first inspired Charles Wright?
(a) Pound.
(b) Ginsberg.
(c) Eliott.
(d) Roethke.

15. Marilyn Hacker spends six months of the year in New York; the other six months in _____.
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Paris.
(c) Vancouver.
(d) New Orleans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used to describe Robert Frost's work?

2. Mary Oliver believed that the majority of her poems were ______.

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

4. Philip Levine was greatly impacted by which war?

5. Who wrote the poem titled, "Onions?"

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