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

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

3. Schuyler compares poetry to which of the following?
(a) Constellations.
(b) Painting.
(c) Death.
(d) Birth.

4. What was the name of the publication edited by Van Duyn?
(a) Denouement.
(b) Illusions.
(c) Perspective.
(d) Meter.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Later in his career, Williams changed his style to reflect that of which famous poet?

3. Merrill was known for writing in which type of verse?

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

5. C.K. Williams worked as which of the following?

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