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

2. In Poem 10, the poet writes that beauty never dies, but lies among the aborigines of what?
(a) Truth.
(b) Art.
(c) Death.
(d) Honey.

3. Whose castle stands above the world like a last bastille in Poem 16?
(a) Rousseau's.
(b) Chagall's.
(c) Chopin's.
(d) Kafka's.

4. What does the poet do with all the old ladies in Poem 18?
(a) Makes them young again.
(b) Wakens their dreams.
(c) Kisses them sleeping.
(d) Rouses their confidence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what does the poet write he first fell in love in Poem 20?

2. In Poem 18, how does the poet feel of his own voice and the sound of birds?

3. In Poem 22, what is Johnny's last name?

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

5. In Poem 11, the poet writes that "the wounded wilderness of _____ is not the same as the wild west."

(see the answer key)

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