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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 1" of "Pictures from the Gone World," how does the author describe the chimneypots?
(a) Flaxen black.
(b) Cherry red.
(c) Corroded.
(d) Charley noble.

2. In Poem 6, what wouldn't sing where the statue was being erected?
(a) Birds.
(b) Angels.
(c) Girls.
(d) Choirs.

3. In Poem 20, what did the leaves cry?
(a) Leave!
(b) Fall beneath me!
(c) Too soon!
(d) Sleep son!

4. What has its cookies to give out in "Poem 7" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?
(a) Father Time.
(b) Truth.
(c) Mother Nature.
(d) Fortune.

5. In "Junkman's Obbligato," what has not yet toppled from his horse?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Hamilton.
(c) Miami.
(d) Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the bathtubs in Poem 2?

2. In "Poem 5" of "Pictures of the Gone World," the poet writes, "I heard the day falling / like the ____ that fell / almost to land."

3. From where will the carpenter not come down in Poem 5?

4. Who is the girl the poet remembers in "Poem 7" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?

5. What are the "gay cows" chanting in Poem 2?

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