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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. In "Junkman's Obbligato," what has not yet toppled from his horse?
(a) Hamilton.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Miami.
(d) Washington.

2. In Chapter 2, the author writes that these poems were conceived specifically to be accompanied by what?
(a) Tambourine.
(b) Blues music.
(c) Jazz music.
(d) Beat music.

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

4. In Poem 1, the author writes that in the paintings of Goya we see the people of the world when "they first attained the title of" what?
(a) Solemn silence.
(b) Joyous humanity.
(c) Brilliant adversity.
(d) Suffering humanity.

5. In Poem 16, the poet writes, "Yet away around on the far side like the stage door of a circus tent is a wide wide vent in the _______."
(a) Universe.
(b) Prison.
(c) Chamber.
(d) Battlements.

Short Answer Questions

1. What park is referred to in Poem 8?

2. In "Autobiography," who has the poet heard "strained through a sheet"?

3. The poet writes in "I Am Waiting," that he is waiting for the deepest South to just stop what?

4. In "I Am Waiting," the poet says he is waiting for the Age of what to drop dead?

5. In what way does the poet repeatedly change a line from the song "America" in ""Junkman's Obbligato"?

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