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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the name of Sylvia Plath's husband?
(a) Wakefield.
(b) Warner.
(c) Hughes.
(d) Milford.

5. Which of the following words is not used to describe Wright's work?
(a) Surreal.
(b) Nostalgic.
(c) Rhetorical.
(d) Mundane.

6. The poem "Planetarium" was written in honor of which astronomer?
(a) Simon.
(b) Galileo.
(c) Herschel.
(d) Copernicus.

7. Robert Pinsky studied at which university?
(a) Tulane.
(b) Rutgers.
(c) Notre Dame.
(d) Butler.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Rita Dove was named as the ____ Poet Laureate.
(a) 11th.
(b) 7th.
(c) 8th.
(d) 9th.

15. Michael Harper wrote a poem dedicated to which famous musician?
(a) Miller.
(b) Armstrong.
(c) Coltrane.
(d) Holliday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which poet often used inner city life as a theme?

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

3. In Louise Gluck's "Messengers" which of the following seems to be waiting for the poet?

4. Michael S. Harper created his work by combining autobiography and ____.

5. Gary Snyder focuses a lot of his work around which topic?

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