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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Mary Oliver believed that the majority of her poems were ______.
(a) Awkward.
(b) Flawless.
(c) Epiphanies.
(d) Visionary.

5. In what year was Robert Haas named Poet Laureate?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1993.

6. Who wrote the poem titled, "Onions?"
(a) Olds.
(b) Matthews.
(c) Smith.
(d) Hacker.

7. Heather McHugh's work is often compared to the work of ______.
(a) Emerson.
(b) Stevens.
(c) Roarke.
(d) Yeats.

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

9. Mary Oliver is considered to be one of the best ____ poets.
(a) Surrealist.
(b) Idealist.
(c) Naturalist.
(d) Realist.

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

11. Anne Sexton wrote a poem based on which famous painting?
(a) Starry Night.
(b) The Last Supper.
(c) Mona Lisa.
(d) The Madonna and Child.

12. Marilyn Hacker spends six months of the year in New York; the other six months in _____.
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Vancouver.
(c) Paris.
(d) New Orleans.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard Howard worked as a writer and editor of dictionaries. What is the proper name for a person who has that job?

2. Charles Simic wrote a poem dedicated to which common item?

3. Mark Strand was name as the _____ Poet Laureate.

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

5. Which word is not used to describe Ellen Bryant Voigt's work?

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