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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 soul.
(b) On her heart.
(c) On her chest.
(d) On her chin.

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

3. What do the "falcons of the inner eye" do in Poem 11?
(a) Dance and cry.
(b) Dive and die.
(c) Scream and die.
(d) Sing and cry.

4. What kind of two-step does the poet write about in Poem 9?
(a) Barbarian.
(b) Athenian.
(c) Aztec.
(d) Romanian.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What painter kept painting, despite his mother's pleas in Poem 14?

4. What kind of clowns "always making up imaginary scenes with all our masks for faces" does the poet refer to in Poem 16?

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

(see the answer key)

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