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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. In what does the poet write he first fell in love in Poem 20?
(a) The dime store.
(b) The midnight train.
(c) The penny candy store.
(d) The arcade.

2. What is the Widder Fogliani otherwise known as?
(a) Bella Sara.
(b) Bella Lana.
(c) Bella Donna.
(d) Bella Gloria.

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

4. What is the heart compared to in Poem 25?
(a) A tree.
(b) A mandolin.
(c) A harp.
(d) A fish.

5. In Poem 11, the poet writes that "the wounded wilderness of _____ is not the same as the wild west."
(a) Morris Mountain.
(b) Sanders Graves.
(c) Death Valley.
(d) Morris Graves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the woman carrying in Poem 8?

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

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

4. In Poem 12, what did the painting cry at him?

5. What is in the bathtubs in Poem 2?

(see the answer key)

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