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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Oral Messages.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of two-step does the poet write about in Poem 9?
(a) Barbarian.
(b) Aztec.
(c) Athenian.
(d) Romanian.

2. What is the literary allusion in Poem 2?
(a) The Iliad.
(b) Walden.
(c) The Grapes of Wrath.
(d) On the Road.

3. In "Junkman's Obbligato," the poet writes, "Empty out your pockets and _____."
(a) Arouse.
(b) Disappear.
(c) Awaken.
(d) Fall asleep.

4. In what month does Poem 20 take place, when the poet first falls in love?
(a) July.
(b) September.
(c) October.
(d) November.

5. Who does the poet refer to in the lines, "Take up the full beard/of walking anarchy"?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Lord Byron.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 6, what wouldn't sing where the statue was being erected?

2. Where will "we" be puking in, "wailing for a winter coat," in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

3. What painter kept painting, despite his mother's pleas in Poem 14?

4. For whom is the poet waiting to act in "I Am Waiting"?

5. In "I Am Waiting," the poet writes he is waiting for the rebirth of what?

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