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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 Poem 15, what stands and waits to perform her own death-defying leap?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Love.
(c) Truth.
(d) Poetry.

2. How does the poet write of knowing whores in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Firsthand.
(b) Vaguely.
(c) Thirdhand.
(d) Secondhand.

3. How is "sister in the street" wearing her brassiere in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) On the outside of her clothes.
(b) Around her neck.
(c) Backwards.
(d) Upside down.

4. In "Junkman's Obbligato," what has not yet toppled from his horse?
(a) Hamilton.
(b) Miami.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Washington.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the poet believe he was, catching crayfish in the Bronx river in "Autobiography"?

2. In "Junkman's Obbligato," the poet writes, "Empty out your pockets and _____."

3. In Poem 21, from the other side of what do the green birds sing?

4. What are the "patriotic maidens" wearing in Poem 2?

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

(see the answer key)

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