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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 are the "gay cows" chanting in Poem 2?
(a) Athenian anthems.
(b) Argentinean anthems.
(c) Lullabies.
(d) Winter songs.

2. Where do the subways stall and wait in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) At Coney Island.
(b) Over the river.
(c) Under the river.
(d) Under the bridge.

3. In Poem 3, the poet writes, "its America with its ghost towns and empty ________."
(a) Mount Rushmore.
(b) Ellis islands.
(c) Silent plains.
(d) Forests.

4. With what expression does the woman look at the man in Poem 8?
(a) Love.
(b) Joy.
(c) Lust.
(d) Depression.

5. What painter kept painting, despite his mother's pleas in Poem 14?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Picasso.
(c) Chagall.
(d) Monet.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom is the poet waiting to act in "I Am Waiting"?

2. What does the poet say we'll dry our drawers on in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

3. The poet writes he's selling everything and giving the rest to what in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

4. In Poem 20, what did the leaves cry?

5. In "Autobiography," where was the poet when Rome was built?

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