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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. In Poem 16, the poet writes, "Yet away around on the far side like the stage door of a circus tent is a wide wide vent in the _______."
(a) Battlements.
(b) Universe.
(c) Chamber.
(d) Prison.

2. How is the woman's laughter described in "Poem 1" of "Pictures from the Gone World"?
(a) Voiceless.
(b) Tear-filled.
(c) Choked.
(d) Angry.

3. Where does the poet suggest sleeping in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Churches.
(b) Phone booths.
(c) Caves.
(d) Deserts.

4. What does the poet not see upon the Rhone in "Poem 4" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?
(a) St. Frances.
(b) Artaud.
(c) Lorelei.
(d) Castle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did they close off the street one hot day in "Poem 7" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?

2. Where do the subways stall and wait in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

3. What will the people miss, having ridden the rails too long in "Poem 2" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?

4. What is the repeated refrain in Poem 27?

5. What does the poet say we'll dry our drawers on in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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