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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 is the Widder Fogliani otherwise known as?
(a) Bella Sara.
(b) Bella Donna.
(c) Bella Lana.
(d) Bella Gloria.

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

3. What is the woman carrying in Poem 8?
(a) Flowers.
(b) A baby.
(c) A flute.
(d) Grapes.

4. In Poem 4, the poet writes of dead sunflowers and live what?
(a) Subways.
(b) Monsters.
(c) Telephones.
(d) Butterflies.

5. What went mad in Poem 7?
(a) The fairies.
(b) The leaves.
(c) The birds.
(d) The children.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Poem 21, the poet writes that "she" loved to look at flowers and smell fruit. What staggered through her sleep?

4. What do the "falcons of the inner eye" do in Poem 11?

5. In Poem 5, in what year does the poet write the Dead Sea Scrolls are found?

(see the answer key)

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