1. What was Bob Kaufman’s primary occupation?
(a) Musician
(b) Painter
(c) Poet
(d) Actor
2. In what city was Bob Kaufman born?
(a) Louisiana
(b) San Francisco
(c) Los Angeles
(d) Detroit
3. Which Beat poet was Bob Kaufman most closely associated with?
(a) Allen Ginsberg
(b) Thelonius Monk
(c) Lawrence Ferlinghetti
(d) William Burroughs
1. What was Frank O’Hara’s primary occupation, aside from poetry?
(a) Lawyer
(b) Art curator
(c) Teacher
(d) Musician
2. In which city did Frank O’Hara spend most of his life?
(a) New York City
(b) Boston
(c) San Francisco
(d) Los Angeles
3. Frank O’Hara is often associated with which literary movement?
(a) Beat Generation
(b) New York School
(c) Confessional Poetry
(d) Harlem Renaissance
1) When was Samuel Johnson born?
a) 14 August 1658
b) 3 December 1676
c) 18 September 1709
d) 4 October 1712
2) Where was Samuel Johnson born?
a) Bristol
b) Lichfield
c) Glasgo
d) Edinburgh
3) Which college did Samuel Johnson attend for a year and had to leave for financial reasons?
a) Pembroke College
b) Trininty College
c) St. George’s College
d) St. Andrew’s College
1. What is Patti Smith’s most famous song?
(a) “Dancing Barefoot”
(b) “Because the Night”
(c) “Gloria”
(d) “Horses”
2. In which city was Patti Smith born?
(a) Chicago, Illinois
(b) New York City, New York
(c) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(d) Detroit, Michigan
3. Who was Patti Smith’s guitarist and frequent collaborator?
(a) Lenny Kaye
(b) Johnny Marr
(c) Keith Richards
(d) Jimmy Page
1. What is John Donne primarily known for?
(a) His plays
(b) His novels
(c) His poetry
(d) His scientific discoveries
2. In what era did John Donne live?
(a) Elizabethan
(b) Victorian
(c) Romantic
(d) Medieval
3. What is the name of a famous sonnet sequence by John Donne?
(a) “The Faerie Queene”
(b) “The Divine Comedy”
(c) “The Holy Sonnets”
(d) “Paradise Lost”
1. What is Shel Silverstein best known for?
(a) Painting landscapes
(b) Writing historical novels
(c) Creating children’s poetry and illustrations
(d) Acting in dramatic plays
2. Which of the following is a famous Shel Silverstein poem?
(a) “The Raven”
(b) “The Road Not Taken”
(c) “Where the Sidewalk Ends”
(d) “The Waste Land”
3. What is the main theme of many of Shel Silverstein’s poems?
(a) Love and romance
(b) War and conflict
(c) The importance of following rules
(d) Childhood innocence and imagination
1. In what year was Rita Dove born?
(a) 1952
(b) 1961
(c) 1965
(d) 1970
2. Rita Dove is primarily known for her work in what genre?
(a) Fiction
(b) Drama
(c) Poetry
(d) Nonfiction
3. For what year did Rita Dove serve as the U.S. Poet Laureate?
(a) 1989
(b) 1992
(c) 1993
(d) 1995
1. What is Billy Collins’ nationality?
(a) Irish
(b) American
(c) British
(d) Canadian
2. In which year did Billy Collins serve as the U.S. Poet Laureate?
(a) 2001-2003
(b) 2004-2005
(c) 2006-2007
(d) 2008-2009
3. Which of the following is a recurring theme in Billy Collins’ poetry?
(a) The beauty of nature
(b) The complexities of love
(c) The everyday experiences of life
(d) The power of language
1. In which country was W.H. Auden born?
(a) England
(b) Ireland
(c) Scotland
(d) Wales
2. What was W.H. Auden’s primary literary genre?
(a) Drama
(b) Poetry
(c) Fiction
(d) Non-fiction
3. Which of the following is considered Auden’s most famous poem?
(a) “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
(b) “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”
(c) “September 1, 1939”
(d) “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
1. In which country was Dylan Thomas born?
(a) England
(b) Ireland
(c) Wales
(d) Scotland
2. What is the title of Dylan Thomas’s most famous poem?
(a) “Under Milk Wood”
(b) “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”
(c) “Fern Hill”
(d) “A Child’s Christmas in Wales”
3. Dylan Thomas was known for his experimental poetic style. What is the term for this style?
(a) Romanticism
(b) Modernism
(c) Realism
(d) Surrealism