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

2. In Poem 19, the poet writes, "like every morning with its sharp shadows shadowing a ______."
(a) Night.
(b) Landing.
(c) Horror.
(d) Paradise.

3. What can never fade into a money-losing nothingness in Poem 10?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Love.
(c) Death.
(d) Truth.

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

5. The poet writes he's selling everything and giving the rest to what in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Good Will Industries.
(b) The ragtag crew of nonpatriots.
(c) Homeless men he passes.
(d) The shoremen on leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will be "stuck to our pants" years later in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

2. In Poem 5, in what year does the poet write the Dead Sea Scrolls are found?

3. How does the poet write of knowing whores in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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

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

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