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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 kind of two-step does the poet write about in Poem 9?
(a) Barbarian.
(b) Romanian.
(c) Athenian.
(d) Aztec.

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

3. What will be "stuck to our pants" years later in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Cigarette papers.
(b) Mud and debris.
(c) Chalked up ponies.
(d) Cement.

4. The man in Poem 8 is carrying an old beat-up what?
(a) Shawl.
(b) Umbrella.
(c) Flower.
(d) Flute.

5. Where will "we" be puking in, "wailing for a winter coat," in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Jackson Square.
(b) Golden Gate Park.
(c) Lonely diners.
(d) Pawn shops.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "obbligato" mean?

3. The benches are filled with what kind of discarded statues in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

4. In Poem 7, the poet writes, "What could she say to the fantastic _____

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

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