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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, A Coney Island of the Mind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What painter kept painting, despite his mother's pleas in Poem 14?
(a) Picasso.
(b) Van Gogh.
(c) Monet.
(d) Chagall.

2. In Poem 18, how does the poet feel of his own voice and the sound of birds?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Enraged.
(d) Overjoyed.

3. Where did the Widder Fogliani have whiskers?
(a) On her chin.
(b) On her heart.
(c) On her chest.
(d) On her soul.

4. What are the "patriotic maidens" wearing in Poem 2?
(a) Paper poppies.
(b) Fur stoles.
(c) Paper hats.
(d) Rectangle glasses.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The man in Poem 8 is carrying an old beat-up what?

3. In Poem 15, what stands and waits to perform her own death-defying leap?

4. In what month does Poem 20 take place, when the poet first falls in love?

5. What kind of clowns "always making up imaginary scenes with all our masks for faces" does the poet refer to in Poem 16?

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