1: The prissy protagonist who's named in T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of . . . " is
a. Eben Flood
b. Huffy Henry
c. J. Alfred Prufrock
d. Langston Hughes
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2: In addition to his considerable contributions to literature, William Carlos Williams managed a 41-year career as a(n)
a. actor and theater production publicist
b. physician
c. minister
d. banker
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3: Ezra Pound's "A Virginal" is named after
a. a small Renaissance keyboard instrument
b. an ornate vessel used in religious ceremony
c. a ceremony in which maidens meet the men their parents have arranged as marital partners
d. a book by Ernest Hemingway
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4: Anne Sexton had personal experience as all of the following, except
a. college dropout
b. religious leader
c. jazz singer
d. fashion model
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5: The full name of the poet who preferred the pen name of H.D. is
a. Henry Drago
b. Harley Davidson
c. Heather Drake
d. Hilda Doolittle
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6: Robert Lowell's "Memories of West Street and Lepke" shares a first-person account of
a. the poet's childhood
b. Lowell's incarceration
c. a harpist's performance
d. the family business in which Lowell worked as a teenager
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7: Wendy Rose sometimes wrote under the pseudonym of
a. Zelda E.
b. Anne Sexton
c. Bronwen Elizabeth Edwards
d. Chiron Khanshendel
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8: As a poet, Richard Wilbur stands out among his contemporaries because of what characteristic?
a. His habit of repeating specific verses within a work
b. His use of foreign words
c. His cheerful mood
d. The harsh, satiric tone he took in his poetry
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9: In "Here Lies a Lady," the poet speaks through the mask of
a. a courtly gentleman
b. a crazed lover
c. a genderless observer
d. an emotional mourner
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10: How many Pulitzer Prizes for poetry did Robert Frost win in his lifetime?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
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11: In "Picture Bride," Cathy Song draws inspiration from which modern painter?
a. Andrew Wyeth
b. Georgia O'Keefe
c. Henri Matisse
d. Pablo Picasso
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12: At age 21 (in 1920), Hart Crane made his first cash sale with
a. "My Grandmother's Love Letters"
b. "October-November"
c. "White Buildings"
d. "Immortal Outcasts"
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13: Gwendolyn Brooks sets the tone in "We Real Cool" with what now-popular musical form?
a. Jazz
b. Country
c. Rock
d. Rap
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14: An American haiku, "Fog" by Carl Sandburg invites readers to relate their personal experiences with fog and
a. moonlight
b. difficult math problems
c. cats
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15: The memorable line, "O world, I cannot hold thee close enough" comes from an inventive, self-revelation written by
a. Denise Levertov
b. Edna St. Vincent Millay
c. Maya Angelou
d. H.D.
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