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

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

3. In Poem 10, what does the poet write he has not lain with all his life?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Love.
(c) Truth.
(d) Gentleness.

4. In Poem 11, the poet writes that "the wounded wilderness of _____ is not the same as the wild west."
(a) Death Valley.
(b) Morris Graves.
(c) Morris Mountain.
(d) Sanders Graves.

5. What bird is feeding "on its own breast" in Poem 11?
(a) Falcon.
(b) Thrush.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Ibis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Poem 18, how does the poet feel of his own voice and the sound of birds?

3. What are the "patriotic maidens" wearing in Poem 2?

4. In Poem 3, the poet writes, "its America with its ghost towns and empty ________."

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

(see the answer key)

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