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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Oral Messages.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the billiard parlor in "Autobiography"?
(a) Dante.
(b) Homer.
(c) Mike.
(d) Jack.

3. With what expression does the woman look at the man in Poem 8?
(a) Lust.
(b) Joy.
(c) Depression.
(d) Love.

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

5. Where do the subways stall and wait in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) At Coney Island.
(b) Over the river.
(c) Under the bridge.
(d) Under the river.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Poem 1, the author writes of false windmills and _____ roosters.

3. For whom is the poet waiting to grow up in "I Am Waiting"?

4. In Poem 15, what does a poet climb onto of his own making?

5. In "I Am Waiting" the poet writes he is waiting to write the great ____ poem.

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