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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem, "Dog," what does the dog see in Chinatown windows?
(a) Wontons.
(b) Children.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Drunks.

2. What did the poet get caught stealing in the Five and Dime store in "Autobiography"?
(a) Candy.
(b) Toys.
(c) Soda.
(d) Pencils.

3. What kind of pilots has the poet seen in "Autobiography"?
(a) Indian.
(b) African.
(c) Asian.
(d) Egyptian.

4. In "I Am Waiting," Ferlinghetti writes that he is waiting for what to be stored?
(a) The Sun Also Rises.
(b) The Holy Bible.
(c) The Grapes of Wrath.
(d) The Last Judgment.

5. In "Autobiography," the author writes, "I landed in Normandy/in a rowboat that _______."
(a) Fell to shreds.
(b) Washed away in the waves.
(c) Floated ashore.
(d) Turned over.

6. In "I Am Waiting," the poet says he is waiting for the Age of what to drop dead?
(a) Imposition.
(b) Casualty.
(c) Diffidence.
(d) Anxiety.

7. The poet writes in "I Am Waiting," "I am waiting for the war to be fought which will make the world safe for" what?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Love.
(d) Communism.

8. Where do the "dogs do it" in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Upon the Mountain.
(b) In the Black Forest.
(c) In the Backyard.
(d) Over the Hill.

9. The poet writes in "I Am Waiting," that he is waiting for the deepest South to just stop what?
(a) Castrating itself.
(b) Murdering itself.
(c) Reconstructing itself.
(d) Terrorizing itself.

10. What does "obbligato" mean?
(a) Ordinary.
(b) Obsequious.
(c) Obligatory.
(d) Opulent.

11. Where does the poet write of staggering blind after alleycats in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Under the Brooklyn Bridge.
(b) In Seattle by the shore.
(c) In the sunsets of Chicago.
(d) In the San Francisco fire line.

12. The poet writes in "I Am Waiting" that he is waiting for a religious revival to sweep through the state of what?
(a) California.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Arizona.

13. Where do the subways stall and wait in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) At Coney Island.
(b) Over the river.
(c) Under the river.
(d) Under the bridge.

14. Who is the author waiting to come to the "final darkest tower" in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) Childe Roland.
(b) Alice in Wonderland.
(c) God.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

15. In "I Am Waiting," the poet writes he is waiting for the rebirth of what?
(a) Truth.
(b) Music.
(c) Inconsequence.
(d) Wonder.

Short Answer Questions

1. "By the time they print your picture / in ________ / you will have become a negative anyway" the poet writes in "Junkman's Obbligato."

2. For whom is the poet waiting to grow up in "I Am Waiting"?

3. With whom did the author create an LP of the poems in Chapter 2?

4. In "Autobiography," where was the poet when Rome was built?

5. What does the poet speak of leaving behind on lampposts in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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