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

2. With whom did the author create an LP of the poems in Chapter 2?
(a) Kenneth Rexroth.
(b) Moody Sanders.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

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

4. Where will "we" be puking in, "wailing for a winter coat," in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Jackson Square.
(b) Pawn shops.
(c) Lonely diners.
(d) Golden Gate Park.

5. How many kids were there altogether in "Poem 7" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Widder Fogliani have whiskers?

2. Whom does the poet say he is waiting for them to prove is really an American in "I Am Waiting"?

3. In Poem 15, what does a poet climb onto of his own making?

4. Where do the "dogs do it" in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

5. Who would the woman quote in "Poem 8" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?

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