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

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

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

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

5. In the fields of "our childhood" of Poem 19, what mixes with rainbows in memory?
(a) Hope.
(b) Rain.
(c) Ricks.
(d) Sorrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the literary allusion in Poem 2?

2. With what expression does the woman look at the man in Poem 8?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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