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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Richard Howard, Adrienne Rich, Gary Snyder, Sylvia Plath, and Mark Strand.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the poets had a Hasidic Russian rabbi for a father?
(a) Levertov.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Kizer.
(d) Bowers.

2. Justice writes a poem about a lone reader waiting in a _____ at dusk.
(a) Shopping mall.
(b) School yard.
(c) Garden.
(d) Cemetery.

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

4. Which poet was the first director of the literary programs at the National Endowment for the Arts?
(a) Kizer.
(b) Bowers.
(c) Levertov.
(d) Hugo.

5. In which year was Van Duyn appointed as the Poet Laureate?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1996.

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. Cunningham's work was referred to as being cool and _____.

3. Sylvia Plath wrote a poem in honor of God's lioness _____.

4. In what year was the position established?

5. James Merrill spent part of his life living in which exotic location?

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