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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 bird is feeding "on its own breast" in Poem 11?
(a) Ibis.
(b) Thrush.
(c) Falcon.
(d) Eagle.

2. In Poem 4, the poet writes of dead sunflowers and live what?
(a) Monsters.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Subways.
(d) Telephones.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Widder Fogliani have whiskers?

2. In Poem 5, in what year does the poet write the Dead Sea Scrolls are found?

3. In Poem 19, the poet writes, "like every morning with its sharp shadows shadowing a ______."

4. In Poem 10, what does the poet write he has not lain with all his life?

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

(see the answer key)

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