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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 did the poet get caught stealing in the Five and Dime store in "Autobiography"?
(a) Toys.
(b) Candy.
(c) Soda.
(d) Pencils.

2. The poet writes in "Junkman's Obbligato," "Let's go / smelling of _____."
(a) Sterno.
(b) Indigo.
(c) Patchouli.
(d) Petrol.

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

4. With what expression does the woman look at the man in Poem 8?
(a) Love.
(b) Lust.
(c) Joy.
(d) Depression.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 14, the poet writes, "Don't let that horse eat that ____."

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

3. In the fields of "our childhood" of Poem 19, what mixes with rainbows in memory?

4. What do the "falcons of the inner eye" do in Poem 11?

5. Whose castle stands above the world like a last bastille in Poem 16?

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