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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Poems from Pictures of the Gone World (1955).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were beguiled by the paintings in "Poem 5" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?
(a) Spanish Impressionists.
(b) American Impressionists.
(c) French Surrealists.
(d) French Impressionists.

2. In "Junkman's Obbligato," what has not yet toppled from his horse?
(a) Washington.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Hamilton.
(d) Miami.

3. In "I Am Waiting" the poet writes he is waiting to write the great ____ poem.
(a) Indelible.
(b) Rhythmic.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Honest.

4. What is the poet waiting to just stop rolling along past the country club in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) The Ship of Fools.
(b) Old Man River.
(c) The Jesus caravan.
(d) The Silent Ship.

5. Along with sleight-of-foot tricks, what does the poet perform in Poem 15?
(a) Tumbles.
(b) Leaps.
(c) Pirouettes.
(d) Entrechats.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Poem 2" of "Pictures of the Gone World," to whom does love come harder?

2. In "Poem 3" of "Pictures of the Gone World," what does the sculptor use to strike into stone?

3. The poet writes in "Junkman's Obbligato," "Let's go / smelling of _____."

4. In Poem 24, the poet writes, "We squat upon the beach of love/ among Picasso _____ struck full of sand."

5. What magazine did the poet read as a boy, in "Autobiography"?

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