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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, A Coney Island of the Mind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 13, the poet writes of Dante discovering what?
(a) A commedia.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A nymph.
(d) A tragedy.

2. What are the "gay cows" chanting in Poem 2?
(a) Argentinean anthems.
(b) Winter songs.
(c) Athenian anthems.
(d) Lullabies.

3. What is the Widder Fogliani otherwise known as?
(a) Bella Sara.
(b) Bella Gloria.
(c) Bella Donna.
(d) Bella Lana.

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

5. In Poem 19, the poet writes, "like every morning with its sharp shadows shadowing a ______."
(a) Horror.
(b) Night.
(c) Landing.
(d) Paradise.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman in Poem 9 hate?

2. What can never fade into a money-losing nothingness in Poem 10?

3. Along with sleight-of-foot tricks, what does the poet perform in Poem 15?

4. What bird is feeding "on its own breast" in Poem 11?

5. What are the "patriotic maidens" wearing in Poem 2?

(see the answer key)

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