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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 do the "falcons of the inner eye" do in Poem 11?
(a) Dive and die.
(b) Scream and die.
(c) Sing and cry.
(d) Dance and cry.

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

3. What does the author consider the poems in Chapter 2 to be?
(a) Music poetry.
(b) Image poetry.
(c) Dance poetry.
(d) Oral messages.

4. The poet writes in "I Am Waiting," that he is waiting for the deepest South to just stop what?
(a) Terrorizing itself.
(b) Reconstructing itself.
(c) Castrating itself.
(d) Murdering itself.

5. What kind of pilots has the poet seen in "Autobiography"?
(a) Egyptian.
(b) Indian.
(c) Asian.
(d) African.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 1, the author writes of false windmills and _____ roosters.

2. What does the poet do with all the old ladies in Poem 18?

3. What park is referred to in Poem 8?

4. For whom is the poet waiting to grow up in "I Am Waiting"?

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

(see the answer key)

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