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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mona Van Duyn, Howard Moss, James Dickey, Anthony Hecht, and James Schuyler.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which series of numbers is in the poem titled, "A Century of Epigrams?"
(a) 29, 53, 55, 62, 76.
(b) 24, 51, 53, 60, 77.
(c) 26, 52, 55, 65, 79.
(d) 23, 57, 51, 62, 73.

2. Mona Van Duyn taught at which St. Louis based university?
(a) University of Missouri.
(b) Howard University.
(c) Washington University.
(d) St. Louis University.

3. What is the latest year in which one of the poets was born?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1971.

4. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "Einstein's Bathrobe?"
(a) Dickey.
(b) Moss.
(c) Van Duyn.
(d) Hecht.

5. In what year did Swenson move to New York?
(a) 1946,
(b) 1953.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1959,

Short Answer Questions

1. Which poet cites Auden and Frost as his influences?

2. Where is the Jain Bird Hospital located?

3. What was the profession of Richard Wilbur's father?

4. What word is best used to describe Robert Lowell?

5. Randall Jarrell's poetry is typically centered around which event/era?

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