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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom is the poet waiting to grow up in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) Oliver Swift.
(b) Tom Swift.
(c) Tom Sawyer.
(d) Peter Pan.

2. The poet writes of staggering into what kind of sunsets in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Snowy.
(c) East River.
(d) West coast.

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

4. "By the time they print your picture / in ________ / you will have become a negative anyway" the poet writes in "Junkman's Obbligato."
(a) Times Magazine.
(b) Life Magazine.
(c) The paper.
(d) New York Magazine.

5. In "Junkman's Obbligato," what has not yet toppled from his horse?
(a) Hamilton.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Washington.
(d) Miami.

6. In "I Am Waiting," the poet writes he is waiting for someone to really discover what?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Truth.
(c) Beauty.
(d) America.

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

8. Where does "Autobiography" take place?
(a) Lower East Broadway.
(b) Jackson Square Park.
(c) SoHo.
(d) The Upper East Side.

9. The poet writes in "Junkman's Obbligato," "Let's go / smelling of _____."
(a) Indigo.
(b) Petrol.
(c) Sterno.
(d) Patchouli.

10. Who does the dog not hate but has no use for in "Dog"?
(a) Policemen.
(b) Children.
(c) Vagrants.
(d) Drunks.

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

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) Hawaii.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Arizona.

13. For whom is the poet waiting to act in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) Ike.
(b) The woman.
(c) Jesus.
(d) The man.

14. In "Autobiography," who has the poet heard "strained through a sheet"?
(a) Picasso.
(b) Chopin.
(c) Bach.
(d) Debussy.

15. What is the poet waiting to just stop rolling along past the country club in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) Old Man River.
(b) The Ship of Fools.
(c) The Silent Ship.
(d) The Jesus caravan.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet writes he's selling everything and giving the rest to what in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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

3. The poet uses literary allusion in the line, "I'm tired of waiting for Godot." To which author is he referring?

4. In "The Long Street," it is the street of what?

5. Who does the poet refer to in the lines, "Take up the full beard/of walking anarchy"?

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