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

2. What is the literary allusion in Poem 2?
(a) The Iliad.
(b) On the Road.
(c) The Grapes of Wrath.
(d) Walden.

3. Where will "we" be puking in, "wailing for a winter coat," in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Jackson Square.
(b) Pawn shops.
(c) Lonely diners.
(d) Golden Gate Park.

4. What is in the bathtubs in Poem 2?
(a) Monsters.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Eagles.

5. In Poem 14, the poet writes, "Don't let that horse eat that ____."
(a) Cloud.
(b) Violin.
(c) Song.
(d) Apple.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author writes in "Autobiography," "I once started out / to walk around the world / but ended up in ______."

3. How is "sister in the street" wearing her brassiere in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

4. Where does the poet write of staggering blind after alleycats in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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

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