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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which president is mentioned in the title of one of Wright's poems?
(a) Hoover.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Truman.
(d) Washington.
2. Sharon Olds is often labeled as a ______ poet.
(a) Controversial.
(b) Mainstream.
(c) Confessional.
(d) Regressional.
3. Edward Hirsch currently works as the head of which prestigious organization?
(a) Guggenheim Foundation.
(b) Pulitzer Prize Committee.
(c) Library of Congress.
(d) National Endowment for the Arts.
4. Which poet wrote the poem titled, "Ebb Tide?"
(a) Dove.
(b) Hirsch.
(c) Graham.
(d) McHugh.
5. The poem "Planetarium" was written in honor of which astronomer?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Herschel.
(c) Copernicus.
(d) Simon.
6. Richard Howard worked as a writer and editor of dictionaries. What is the proper name for a person who has that job?
(a) Biographer.
(b) Cartographer.
(c) Lithographer.
(d) Lexicographer.
7. Charles Simic wrote a poem dedicated to which common item?
(a) Mirror.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Garbage can.
(d) Coffee.
8. Michael Palmer's poetry is said to use a(n) ______ abstraction.
(a) Mystical.
(b) Free flowing.
(c) Argumentative.
(d) Controlled.
9. In Louise Gluck's "Messengers" which of the following seems to be waiting for the poet?
(a) Fans.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Animals.
(d) Children.
10. In Sharon Olds' "The Glass," she writes about her father who is dying from a tumor in which part of his body?
(a) Stomach.
(b) Throat.
(c) Lungs.
(d) Brain.
11. Marilyn Hacker spends six months of the year in New York; the other six months in _____.
(a) Vancouver.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Paris.
12. Sylvia Plath wrote a poem in honor of God's lioness _____.
(a) Demeter.
(b) Bast.
(c) Ilsa.
(d) Ariel.
13. Which poet works at Johns Hopkins University?
(a) Olds.
(b) Hacker.
(c) Smith.
(d) Clampitt.
14. Which word is best used to describe the work of Sandra McPherson?
(a) Rough-hewn.
(b) Refined.
(c) Elegant.
(d) Primitive.
15. In what year was Robert Haas named Poet Laureate?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1991.
Short Answer Questions
1. Mark Strand was name as the _____ Poet Laureate.
2. Which word is not used to describe Ellen Bryant Voigt's work?
3. C.K. Williams worked as which of the following?
4. Which poet wrote "Another Life?"
5. How old was Amy Clampitt when her first book was published?
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