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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Poems from Pictures of the Gone World (1955).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the poet say he is waiting for them to prove is really an American in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) Himself.
(b) God.
(c) Ginsberg.
(d) The Pope.

2. In "Poem 5" of "Pictures of the Gone World," the poet writes, "I heard the day falling / like the ____ that fell / almost to land."
(a) Leaves.
(b) Gulls.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Raindrops.

3. Who is the painter discussed in "Poem 5" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?
(a) Monet.
(b) Sarolla.
(c) Goya.
(d) Van Gogh.

4. In "Poem 6" of "Pictures of the Gone World," the poet writes, "_____ is not the secret of a few."
(a) Life.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Joy.
(d) Truth.

5. What does the poet speak of leaving behind on lampposts in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Shirts.
(b) Boots.
(c) Neckties.
(d) Watches.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 27, what tolled twice, once for the birth of love and once for the death?

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

3. In the fields of "our childhood" of Poem 19, what mixes with rainbows in memory?

4. Where does the poet suggest sleeping in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

5. In poem 29, the poet writes of what character from The Sun Also Rises?

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