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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 park is referred to in Poem 8?
(a) St. Francis.
(b) Golden Gate.
(c) Chiminy.
(d) St. Lawrence.

2. In Poem 24, the poet writes, "We squat upon the beach of love/ among Picasso _____ struck full of sand."
(a) Paintings.
(b) Mandolins.
(c) Villages.
(d) Violins.

3. In Poem 12, where did he hound the leaded ground?
(a) Into oblivion.
(b) Into the night.
(c) Into the future.
(d) Into the distance.

4. In Poem 10, what does the poet write he has not lain with all his life?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Gentleness.
(c) Truth.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In Poem 7, the poet writes, "What could she say to the fantastic _____

5. Where did the Widder Fogliani have whiskers?

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