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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Oral Messages.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the poet refer to in the lines, "Take up the full beard/of walking anarchy"?
(a) Lord Byron.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Walt Whitman.

2. What kind of two-step does the poet write about in Poem 9?
(a) Athenian.
(b) Romanian.
(c) Barbarian.
(d) Aztec.

3. Where does the poet ask to go in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Athens.
(b) Rome.
(c) Isle of Manisfree.
(d) Paris.

4. In Poem 5, the guy who shows up late is a kind of what?
(a) Hustler.
(b) Highwayman.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Jeweler.

5. In "Autobiography," where is the poet leading a quiet life?
(a) Jack's Place.
(b) Mike's Place.
(c) The sunset.
(d) Golden Gate.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet writes in "I Am Waiting" that he is waiting for a religious revival to sweep through the state of what?

2. With what expression does the woman look at the man in Poem 8?

3. What park is referred to in Poem 8?

4. Where does the poet write of staggering blind after alleycats in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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

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