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