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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Howard wrote a poem focused on aristocrats of which century?
(a) 18th.
(b) 17th.
(c) 19th.
(d) 20th.

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

3. Which word is best used to describe the work of Sandra McPherson?
(a) Rough-hewn.
(b) Elegant.
(c) Primitive.
(d) Refined.

4. Yusef Komunyakaa served in which war?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Desert Storm.
(c) WWII.
(d) Korea.

5. Who wrote "The Mad Potter?"
(a) Kinnell.
(b) Hollander.
(c) Levine.
(d) Sexton.

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

7. Philip Levine was born in which Midwestern city?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) Chicago.

8. How old was Amy Clampitt when her first book was published?
(a) 63.
(b) 58.
(c) 70.
(d) 67.

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

10. Which president is mentioned in the title of one of Wright's poems?
(a) Washington.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Hoover.
(d) Truman.

11. Gary Snyder focuses a lot of his work around which topic?
(a) God.
(b) Death.
(c) Nature.
(d) Love.

12. Which of the poets also worked as a playwright?
(a) Oliver.
(b) Lorde.
(c) Williams.
(d) Wright.

13. Heather McHugh studied under which famous poet?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) Theodore Roethke.
(c) Robert Lowell.
(d) Walt Whitman.

14. The reader's ____ are a significant part of Michael Palmer's poetry.
(a) Perceptions.
(b) Preferences.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Beliefs.

15. Mark Strand was born in which country?
(a) England.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Canada.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marilyn Hacker previously worked as a salesperson. Which item did Hacker sell?

2. What award did Yusef Komunyakaa receive for military service?

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

4. Which poet wrote about the "domestic self?"

5. Who wrote "Venetian Interior, 1889?"

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