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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is a main theme in Amy Clampitt's work?
(a) Death.
(b) Self.
(c) Morality.
(d) God.

3. Michael Palmer's poetry is said to use a(n) ______ abstraction.
(a) Argumentative.
(b) Free flowing.
(c) Controlled.
(d) Mystical.

4. Michael Palmer is said to be one of the original ____ poets.
(a) Renaissance.
(b) Language.
(c) Pre-war.
(d) Beat.

5. Jorie Graham's work is often referred to as being _____.
(a) Controlled.
(b) Reckless.
(c) Abstract.
(d) Methodical.

6. Which poet wrote "The Gas Station?"
(a) Wright.
(b) Williams.
(c) Lorde.
(d) Oliver.

7. What was Yusef Komunyakaa's birth name?
(a) Yuri Williams.
(b) Robert Korb.
(c) Josef Brown.
(d) Seth Lindstrom.

8. Robert Pinsky studied at which university?
(a) Rutgers.
(b) Notre Dame.
(c) Butler.
(d) Tulane.

9. What word is used to describe Robert Frost's work?
(a) Strong.
(b) Naturalistic.
(c) Symbolic.
(d) Rueful.

10. Galway Kinnell wrote about which of the following topics?
(a) Closed self.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) Super ID.
(d) Ego.

11. Which poet wrote "Another Life?"
(a) Simic.
(b) Pinsky.
(c) Harper.
(d) Bidart.

12. Mark Strand was name as the _____ Poet Laureate.
(a) 4th.
(b) 3rd.
(c) 5th.
(d) 6th.

13. Charles Simic was born in which country?
(a) Bosnia.
(b) Serbia.
(c) Slovakia.
(d) Yugoslavia.

14. Howard wrote a poem focused on aristocrats of which century?
(a) 20th.
(b) 18th.
(c) 19th.
(d) 17th.

15. Which word is best used to describe the work of Sandra McPherson?
(a) Refined.
(b) Elegant.
(c) Rough-hewn.
(d) Primitive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which poet works at Johns Hopkins University?

2. Marilyn Hacker previously worked as a salesperson. Which item did Hacker sell?

3. Mary Oliver believed that the majority of her poems were ______.

4. In which year did Anne Sexton die?

5. Marilyn Hacker spends six months of the year in New York; the other six months in _____.

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