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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Poems from Pictures of the Gone World (1955).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 7, the poet writes, "What could she say to the fantastic _____
(a) God.
(b) Foolybear.
(c) Cardinal.
(d) Eagle.

2. Where are the women in the paintings in "Poem 5" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?
(a) Deserts.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Beaches.
(d) Forests.

3. In "The Long Street," it is the street of what?
(a) The women.
(b) The world.
(c) The universe.
(d) The city.

4. In "Poem 3" of "Pictures of the Gone World," the author writes, "uttering all / the sculptor's _____ / in visible syllables."
(a) Musings.
(b) Lexicon.
(c) Sounds.
(d) Words.

5. In Chapter 2, the author writes that these poems were conceived specifically to be accompanied by what?
(a) Blues music.
(b) Beat music.
(c) Jazz music.
(d) Tambourine.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 1, the author writes that in the paintings of Goya we see the people of the world when "they first attained the title of" what?

2. In Poem 6, whose statue were they putting up?

3. The benches are filled with what kind of discarded statues in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

4. In poem 2, where does the poet say "we" were sailing through the streets?

5. Where does the poet ask to go in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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