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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Louise Gluck's "Messengers" which of the following seems to be waiting for the poet?
(a) Children.
(b) Animals.
(c) Fans.
(d) Clouds.

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

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

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

5. In which year did Anne Sexton die?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1981.

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

7. Which poet wrote "The Old Cosmologists?"
(a) Gluck.
(b) Palmer.
(c) McPherson.
(d) Ryan.

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

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

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

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

12. Which of the poets was born in the south but uses a northern perspective?
(a) Ryan.
(b) Gluck.
(c) Voigt.
(d) Palmer.

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

14. Yusef Komunyakaa's father was born in which country?
(a) Trinidad.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Japan.
(d) Israel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the poets also worked as a playwright?

2. What was the occupation of Kay Ryan's father?

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

4. What famous poet first inspired Charles Wright?

5. Michael Palmer's poetry is said to use a(n) ______ abstraction.

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