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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 park is referred to in Poem 8?
(a) Chiminy.
(b) St. Francis.
(c) St. Lawrence.
(d) Golden Gate.

2. In Poem 18, how does the poet feel of his own voice and the sound of birds?
(a) Enraged.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Overjoyed.

3. The man in Poem 8 is carrying an old beat-up what?
(a) Shawl.
(b) Umbrella.
(c) Flower.
(d) Flute.

4. In Poem 15, what stands and waits to perform her own death-defying leap?
(a) Love.
(b) Truth.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Beauty.

5. In Poem 22, what is Johnny's last name?
(a) Perry.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Nolan.
(d) Smith.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the Widder Fogliani have whiskers?

3. What is the literary allusion in Poem 2?

4. What is the woman carrying in Poem 8?

5. In Poem 6, what wouldn't sing where the statue was being erected?

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