* At the height of his popularity, Jeffers was most famous for his novel-length verse narratives. The publication of "Thurso's Landing" occasioned which major magazine to feature Jeffers on its cover?
* Jeffers was loved for his beautiful descriptions of nature. The following lines open which famous poem? "The ebb slips from the rock, the sunken Tide-rocks lift streaming shoulders Out of the slack, the slow west Sombering its torch"
* Jeffers died on January 20 1962. Which is the best statement of the state of his poetic reputation at that time?
* One of the reasons Jeffers lost his high reputation was that he held highly unpopular political opinions. Which quote from "Shine, Perishing Republic" shows his opinion of America between the World Wars?
* "The Bed by the Window" is frequently included in anthologies of American poems. What about the bed made it interesting for Jeffers to write about?
* Jeffers wrote a play retelling a story originally made famous by an earlier playwrite. Starring Judith Anderson and John Gielgud, it was a smash hit on Broadway in 1947. What was the title of that play?
* Jeffers hated political corruption, but he was realistic about it. Which of the following poems finds a surprising way to counsel us to just wait: political horrors won't be so bad once we're farther away from them?
* Jeffers' last book of poetry was published after his death. Its primary subject combined his interest in religion and his interest in science. What was its title?
* Jeffers' poems usually were written in an unusual style which gave him a strong, distinctive voice. Which of the below is so characteristic of Jeffers that he is known by this feature?
* This line, perhaps Jeffers' most famous, caused him great trouble. "I'd sooner, ___________________________; but the great redtail Had nothing left but unable misery From the bone too shattered for mending . . ."
* All of these lines are in Jeffers' poem "To Death." Which is the poem's opening line?