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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 6" of "Pictures of the Gone World," the poet writes that "They say the Spiritual is best conceived in _____ terms."
(a) Articulate.
(b) Surreal.
(c) Literal.
(d) Abstract.

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

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

4. Who were beguiled by the paintings in "Poem 5" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?
(a) French Surrealists.
(b) Spanish Impressionists.
(c) American Impressionists.
(d) French Impressionists.

5. In Poem 15, what stands and waits to perform her own death-defying leap?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Truth.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does golf go on in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

2. Who lay and loved in the "blowing yellow broom" in "Poem 5" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?

3. In "Poem 6" of "Pictures of the Gone World," the author writes that he always feels so "constipated / in those / high _____."

4. Where does "Poem 4" of "Pictures of the Gone World" take place?

5. In "Poem 2" of "Pictures of the Gone World," to whom does love come harder?

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