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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. The poet writes of staggering into what kind of sunsets in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) East River.
(b) Rainy.
(c) Snowy.
(d) West coast.

2. "By the time they print your picture / in ________ / you will have become a negative anyway" the poet writes in "Junkman's Obbligato."
(a) New York Magazine.
(b) Times Magazine.
(c) Life Magazine.
(d) The paper.

3. In "Autobiography," where is the poet leading a quiet life?
(a) The sunset.
(b) Jack's Place.
(c) Golden Gate.
(d) Mike's Place.

4. In Poem 1, the author writes of false windmills and _____ roosters.
(a) Demented.
(b) Ancient.
(c) Screaming.
(d) Crying.

5. In "I Am Waiting" the poet writes he is waiting to write the great ____ poem.
(a) Indelible.
(b) Honest.
(c) Rhythmic.
(d) Beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What park is referred to in Poem 8?

2. In the fields of "our childhood" of Poem 19, what mixes with rainbows in memory?

3. In what month does Poem 20 take place, when the poet first falls in love?

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

5. In Poem 10, the poet writes that beauty never dies, but lies among the aborigines of what?

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