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

2. What is the literary allusion in Poem 2?
(a) On the Road.
(b) Walden.
(c) The Grapes of Wrath.
(d) The Iliad.

3. In "Junkman's Obbligato," the poet writes, "Empty out your pockets and _____."
(a) Fall asleep.
(b) Disappear.
(c) Arouse.
(d) Awaken.

4. In Poem 6, what wouldn't sing where the statue was being erected?
(a) Choirs.
(b) Angels.
(c) Girls.
(d) Birds.

5. Whom does the poet say he is waiting for them to prove is really an American in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) Ginsberg.
(b) Himself.
(c) God.
(d) The Pope.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "I Am Waiting," the poet writes he is waiting for someone to really discover what?

2. In what way does the poet repeatedly change a line from the song "America" in ""Junkman's Obbligato"?

3. In Poem 12, what did the painting cry at him?

4. Who does the dog not hate but has no use for in "Dog"?

5. In "Autobiography," where is the poet leading a quiet life?

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