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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. Who does the dog not hate but has no use for in "Dog"?
(a) Children.
(b) Drunks.
(c) Policemen.
(d) Vagrants.

2. In the poem, "Dog," what does the dog see in Chinatown windows?
(a) Drunks.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Children.
(d) Wontons.

3. How is "sister in the street" wearing her brassiere in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Around her neck.
(b) Backwards.
(c) On the outside of her clothes.
(d) Upside down.

4. What does "obbligato" mean?
(a) Opulent.
(b) Obligatory.
(c) Ordinary.
(d) Obsequious.

5. For whom is the poet waiting to grow up in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) Peter Pan.
(b) Tom Sawyer.
(c) Oliver Swift.
(d) Tom Swift.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 15, what stands and waits to perform her own death-defying leap?

2. The poet writes in "I Am Waiting" that he is waiting for God to look to see the Ode to the Confederate Dead as a real what?

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

4. In Poem 22, what is Johnny's last name?

5. The poet writes in "I Am Waiting" that he is waiting for a religious revival to sweep through the state of what?

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