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

3. In Poem 21, from the other side of what do the green birds sing?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Memory.
(c) Silence.
(d) Truth.

4. From where will the carpenter not come down in Poem 5?
(a) His throne.
(b) His mountain.
(c) His cross.
(d) His tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 19, the poet writes, "like every morning with its sharp shadows shadowing a ______."

2. In Poem 12, where did he hound the leaded ground?

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

4. In Poem 13, the poet writes of Dante discovering what?

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

(see the answer key)

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