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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Louise Gluck, Sandra McPherson, Michael Palmer, Ellen Bryant Voigt, and Kay Ryan.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of Cunningham's poems it the first to appear in his section?
(a) "A Century of Epigrams."
(b) "For my Contemporaries."
(c) "Middle Passage."
(d) "To My Wife,"

3. How many poets appear in the book?
(a) 75.
(b) 60.
(c) 80.
(d) 100.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Justice writes a poem about a lone reader waiting in a _____ at dusk.

2. In which year did Merrill win the Pulitzer Prize?

3. Who prompted Anne Sexton to start a writing career?

4. Harper was born in which city?

5. Richard Hugo grew up in which western US city?

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