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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "Frederick Douglass?"
(a) Olson.
(b) Garrigue.
(c) Cunningham.
(d) Hayden.

3. Which of the poets had a Hasidic Russian rabbi for a father?
(a) Bowers.
(b) Hugo.
(c) Kizer.
(d) Levertov.

4. Duncan's work is different because it is considered to be more ____.
(a) Abstract.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Surreal.
(d) Visionary.

5. In what year did O'Hara die?
(a) 1971.
(b) 9182.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1959.

6. From which university did Theodore Roethke graduate?
(a) Florida.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Delaware.

7. Which of the poets worked at the Museum of Modern Art?
(a) Hecht.
(b) Dickey.
(c) Schuyler.
(d) Moss.

8. Mary Swenson received a degree in which discipline?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Science.
(c) Literature.
(d) Mathematics.

9. Merrill was known for writing in which type of verse?
(a) Freestyle.
(b) Sonnet.
(c) Formal.
(d) Haiku.

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

11. In what year was the position established?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1971.

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

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

14. One of Randall Jarrell's poems is titled, "The Women at the ____ Zoo."
(a) Washington.
(b) New York.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Toronto.

15. David Wagoner wrote a poem about which activity?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Surfing.
(d) Flying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the earliest year in which one of the poets was born?

2. Which of the poets wrote a piece titled, "Einstein's Bathrobe?"

3. Who was heavily influenced by Theodore Roethke?

4. Olson believed poetry should be written based on _____, not meter.

5. Allen Ginsberg is closely affiliated with which poetic movement?

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