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

2. W.S. Merwin attended which Ivy League school?
(a) Yale.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Columbia.

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

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

5. Randall Jarrell's poetry is typically centered around which event/era?
(a) Civil War.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. The introduction states that American art was great because of _____.

2. What is the latest year in which one of the poets was born?

3. The poem "Planetarium" was written in honor of which astronomer?

4. Which poem was written for a survivor of Hiroshima?

5. Philip Levine was greatly impacted by which war?

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