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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. The poets writes in "Junkman's Obbligato," "Let us not wait for ______ / to carry us triumphant / into the interior waving / at the natives."
(a) Cadillacs.
(b) Chariots.
(c) Unicorns.
(d) Firemouth.

2. With what expression does the woman look at the man in Poem 8?
(a) Depression.
(b) Love.
(c) Lust.
(d) Joy.

3. In poem 2, where does the poet say "we" were sailing through the streets?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Demos.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Argos.

4. In Poem 19, the poet writes, "like every morning with its sharp shadows shadowing a ______."
(a) Paradise.
(b) Horror.
(c) Night.
(d) Landing.

5. In Poem 3, the poet writes of fur leaves and cobalt what?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Seas.
(c) Skies.
(d) Dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "obbligato" mean?

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

3. Along with sleight-of-foot tricks, what does the poet perform in Poem 15?

4. In Chapter 2, the author writes that these poems were conceived specifically to be accompanied by what?

5. In poem 29, the poet writes of what character from The Sun Also Rises?

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