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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Richard Hugo taught at which university?
(a) University of Montana.
(b) University of Idaho.
(c) University of Iowa.
(d) University of Wisconsin.

2. Which of the following is not one of Lowell's poems?
(a) "Man and Wife."
(b) "Skunk Hour."
(c) "One Art."
(d) "Obit."

3. Charles Olson refers to himself as which of the following?
(a) Archeologist.
(b) Anthropologist.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Shaman.

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

5. Which one of the poets worked as a consultant to the Library of Congress?
(a) Hecht.
(b) Moss.
(c) Van Duyn.
(d) Schuyler.

6. 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.

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

8. Which poet wrote the "Autumn Shade" series?
(a) Levertov.
(b) Yeats.
(c) Bowers.
(d) Kizer.

9. Merwin, a former expatriate, lives in which US state?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) California.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) New York.

10. Which of the poets was a high school football star?
(a) Moss.
(b) Schuyler.
(c) Dickey.
(d) Hecht.

11. Frank O'Hara was deeply affected by the death of which famous artist?
(a) Adams.
(b) Pollock.
(c) Whistler.
(d) Picasso.

12. Merrill moved back to the US in which year?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1961,
(d) 1968.

13. Who was heavily influenced by Theodore Roethke?
(a) Hugo.
(b) Justice.
(c) Auden.
(d) Bowers.

14. Which poet was born in Ohio?
(a) Ammons.
(b) Wright.
(c) Ashbery.
(d) Merrill.

15. Allen Ginsberg is closely affiliated with which poetic movement?
(a) Post Modernist.
(b) New York Renaissance.
(c) Beat Generation.
(d) Pre-war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city was the center of the great poetry Renaissance?

2. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "The Sheep Child?"

3. "The Day Lady Died" refers to which of the following women?

4. Mary Swenson received a degree in which discipline?

5. In which city was Robert Hayden born?

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