1 What literary movement was Creeley often associated with? The French Symbolists The Transcendentalists The Black Mountain Poets The Beats 2 What collection gave Creeley his major career breakthrough? For Love Later Life and Death Words 3 With what poet did Creeley form a close personal and professional relationship? Rimbaud Gary Snyder T.S. Eliot Charles Olson 4 What word best characterizes Creeley's style? Dense Decorous Harsh Straightforward 5 What university did Creeley briefly attend before serving in the military? Dartmouth Princeton Harvard Yale 6 What was a central concept behind all of Creeley's writing? All content must be political Haiku is the only modern form to write poetry in Form must be an extension of content Poems must include allusions to other poems 7 What poet does Creeley allude to "Heroes"? Virgil Dante Basho Baudelaire 8 Who introduced Creeley to Charles Olson? Jack Kerouac Michael McClure Allen Ginsburg William Carlos Williams 9 What topic did Creeley focus on more in his later work? The seasons of nature The different phases of life Sports The decline of empires 10 What form did Creeley most often write in? Free verse Limerick Haiku Sonnet 11 What kind of stanzas did Creeley most often use? Octaves and sextets Quatrains and tercets Couplets and tercets Monostiches and couplets 12 Where were many of Creeley's poems set? In domestic spaces In castles In cities On battlefields 13 What does the car symbolize in the poem "I Know a Man"? Human inventiveness Technology Materialism Science 14 Where did Creeley teach for more than thirty years? Columbia University State University of New York-Buffalo Brooklyn College New York University 15 Which of the following writers was NOT a member of the Black Mountain Poets? Kenneth Rexroth Paul Blackburn Hilda Morley Ed Dorn 16 What musician did Creeley frequently listen to when he was writing? Curtis Mayfield Charlie Parker Duke Ellington Chet Baker 17 Which of the following prizes did Creeley receive? Nobel Ruth Lilly Bollingen Pultzer 18 Which of the following is NOT a recurring theme in Creeley's work? Meaning Loss Love Science 19 What mythic figure does Creeley refer to in "Heroes"? Agamemnon Aeneas Hades Icarus 20 Who did Creeley dedicate the poem "For Love" to? His son His grandmother His nephew His wife 21 Who is the poem "Names" about? Marilyn Monroe Arthur Miller Lauren Bacall Humphrey Bogart 22 What is the speaker's wife grieving in "The World"? The death of her brother The loss of a dog Moving away from her family The collapse of her marriage 23 How does the poem "I Know a Man" begin? During a snowstorm After an arguement Before a debate In the middle of a conversation 24 What is the poem "The Language" about? Writer's block Trying and failing to make a relationship work Lying Trying and failing to define love 25 What year was Creeley born? 1975 1941 1928 1926