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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. In "Autobiography," the author writes, "I landed in Normandy/in a rowboat that _______."
(a) Turned over.
(b) Washed away in the waves.
(c) Fell to shreds.
(d) Floated ashore.

2. What is the Widder Fogliani otherwise known as?
(a) Bella Gloria.
(b) Bella Donna.
(c) Bella Lana.
(d) Bella Sara.

3. In "Meet Miss Subways," what is the year?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1957.

4. The poet writes in Poem 13 that he would paint a different kind of what?
(a) Paradiso.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Tragedy.
(d) Bellissimo.

5. Where does golf go on in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Central Park.
(b) Burning Tree.
(c) Jackson Square.
(d) Golden Gate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Autobiography," who has the poet heard "strained through a sheet"?

2. Where does "Autobiography" take place?

3. The poet writes of staggering into what kind of sunsets in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

4. What is in the bathtubs in Poem 2?

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

(see the answer key)

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