Poet Quiz

This is a short quiz that will test your knowledge of the poets on this web site.

1. What event took place that caused Dudley Randall to write the "Ballad of Birmingham"?

2. What poet played a big role in the Harlem renaissance?

3. In Anne Bradstreet's poems, which three things is she referring to?

4. What prize did Yusef Komunyakaa win?

5. In the poem "Out, Out" by Robert Frost, what was the "power tool" he talked about ?

6. What poem was T.S. Eliot most famous for?

7. Who was the youngest and first African American appointed to the position of Poet Laureate?

8. In Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem, who did he say wore the mask?

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