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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 is the heart compared to in Poem 25?
(a) A fish.
(b) A tree.
(c) A mandolin.
(d) A harp.

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

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

4. In Poem 18, how does the poet feel of his own voice and the sound of birds?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Overjoyed.
(c) Enraged.
(d) Jealous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will our eyes be watery with the empty bottles of in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

2. Where does the poet write of staggering blind after alleycats in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

3. In Poem 16, the poet writes, "Yet away around on the far side like the stage door of a circus tent is a wide wide vent in the _______."

4. How is "sister in the street" wearing her brassiere in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

5. The author writes in "Autobiography," "I once started out / to walk around the world / but ended up in ______."

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