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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which president is mentioned in the title of one of Wright's poems?
(a) Hoover.
(b) Truman.
(c) Washington.
(d) Jefferson.

2. Jorie Graham was raised in which country?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) US.
(c) Canada.
(d) Italy.

3. Who wrote "Venetian Interior, 1889?"
(a) Plath.
(b) Howard.
(c) Snyder.
(d) Rich.

4. Unlike many poets, Robert Pinsky has no interest in _____.
(a) Realism.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

5. How old was Amy Clampitt when her first book was published?
(a) 63.
(b) 70.
(c) 58.
(d) 67.

6. The poem "Planetarium" was written in honor of which astronomer?
(a) Herschel.
(b) Copernicus.
(c) Simon.
(d) Galileo.

7. Which poet wrote about the "domestic self?"
(a) Sexton.
(b) Hollander.
(c) Levine.
(d) Kinnell.

8. Jay Wright honored famed black scientist _______ in his work.
(a) Banneker.
(b) Woods.
(c) Washington.
(d) Lowell.

9. Edward Hirsch currently works as the head of which prestigious organization?
(a) National Endowment for the Arts.
(b) Pulitzer Prize Committee.
(c) Library of Congress.
(d) Guggenheim Foundation.

10. Michael Harper wrote a poem dedicated to which famous musician?
(a) Armstrong.
(b) Coltrane.
(c) Holliday.
(d) Miller.

11. Who prompted Anne Sexton to start a writing career?
(a) Professor.
(b) Husband.
(c) Therapist.
(d) Neighbor.

12. Which of the following was not a job held by Amy Clampitt?
(a) Editor.
(b) Translator.
(c) Researcher.
(d) Librarian.

13. Richard Howard worked as a writer and editor of dictionaries. What is the proper name for a person who has that job?
(a) Lithographer.
(b) Lexicographer.
(c) Biographer.
(d) Cartographer.

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

15. Adrienne Rich practiced which religion?
(a) Catholocism.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Buddhism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles Wright wrote an homage to which famous painter?

2. Jorie Graham's work is often referred to as being _____.

3. In Sharon Olds' "The Glass," she writes about her father who is dying from a tumor in which part of his body?

4. Which of the following was not one of the jobs held by Gary Snyder?

5. Heather McHugh studied under which famous poet?

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