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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Michael Harper was greatly influenced by which type of music?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Swing.
(c) Asian.
(d) Country.

4. Who wrote "Venetian Interior, 1889?"
(a) Plath.
(b) Howard.
(c) Rich.
(d) Snyder.

5. William Matthews is not connected to which of the following colleges/universities?
(a) University of North Carolina.
(b) Yale.
(c) New York City College.
(d) University of Pennsylvania.

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

7. What was the occupation of Kay Ryan's father?
(a) Salesman.
(b) Railroad engineer.
(c) Gas station attendant.
(d) Well driller.

8. Dave Smith has developed a poetic voice often referred to as the ____ self.
(a) Second.
(b) Distorted.
(c) Repressed.
(d) Inner.

9. Sylvia Plath wrote a poem in honor of God's lioness _____.
(a) Demeter.
(b) Ariel.
(c) Bast.
(d) Ilsa.

10. Michael S. Harper created his work by combining autobiography and ____.
(a) Myth.
(b) Fiction.
(c) Science.
(d) Slang.

11. Charles Wright wrote an homage to which famous painter?
(a) Cezanne.
(b) Renoir.
(c) Manet.
(d) Monet.

12. Philip Levine was greatly impacted by which war?
(a) War of the Roses.
(b) Spanish War.
(c) World War II.
(d) Korean War.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Heather McHugh's work is often compared to the work of ______.

2. Which president is mentioned in the title of one of Wright's poems?

3. Galway Kinnell wrote about which of the following topics?

4. Harper was born in which city?

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

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