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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. What does the poet say we'll dry our drawers on in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Garbage fires.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Bonfires.
(d) Coal ovens.

2. With what does the poet compare the "reality" of the paintings of "Poem 5" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?
(a) His memory.
(b) His wife.
(c) His honesty.
(d) His dreams.

3. In Poem 12, what did the painting cry at him?
(a) A screech of epiphany.
(b) A terrible bedtime song.
(c) A beautiful ballad of sorrow.
(d) A song of remorse.

4. What is the repeated refrain in Poem 27?
(a) Dove sta amore.
(b) Dolce amore.
(c) Il vueno amore.
(d) C'est amore.

5. In Poem 7, the poet writes, "What could she say to the fantastic _____
(a) God.
(b) Cardinal.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Foolybear.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Meet Miss Subways," what is the year?

2. In "I Am Waiting" the poet writes he is waiting to write the great ____ poem.

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

4. The subjects of "Poem 6" of "Pictures of the Gone World" look as if they never went where?

5. What is the woman hanging out to dry in "Poem 1" of "Pictures from the Gone World"?

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