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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. Who is the author waiting to come to the "final darkest tower" in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Childe Roland.
(c) God.
(d) Alice in Wonderland.

2. Where does the poet suggest sleeping in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Deserts.
(b) Churches.
(c) Phone booths.
(d) Caves.

3. What went mad in Poem 7?
(a) The children.
(b) The leaves.
(c) The fairies.
(d) The birds.

4. In Poem 7, the poet writes, "What could she say to the fantastic _____
(a) God.
(b) Cardinal.
(c) Foolybear.
(d) Eagle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet speak of leaving behind on lampposts in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

2. In "The Long Street," it is the street of what?

3. In Poem 19, the poet writes, "like every morning with its sharp shadows shadowing a ______."

4. In poem 29, the poet writes of what character from The Sun Also Rises?

5. What did the poet get caught stealing in the Five and Dime store in "Autobiography"?

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