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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. The poets writes in "Junkman's Obbligato," "Let us not wait for ______ / to carry us triumphant / into the interior waving / at the natives."
(a) Chariots.
(b) Cadillacs.
(c) Firemouth.
(d) Unicorns.

2. Where are the women in the paintings in "Poem 5" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?
(a) Forests.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Beaches.
(d) Deserts.

3. Who is the painter discussed in "Poem 5" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?
(a) Monet.
(b) Goya.
(c) Van Gogh.
(d) Sarolla.

4. In "Poem 1" from "Pictures of the Gone World," the poet writes, "Away above a harborful / of _____ houses."
(a) Metal.
(b) Windowless.
(c) Glass.
(d) Caulkless.

5. The poet writes he's selling everything and giving the rest to what in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) The shoremen on leave.
(b) Homeless men he passes.
(c) The ragtag crew of nonpatriots.
(d) Good Will Industries.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Poem 27, what tolled twice, once for the birth of love and once for the death?

3. In Poem 19, the poet writes, "like every morning with its sharp shadows shadowing a ______."

4. What is the description of the time in "Poem 3" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?

5. What is the name of the billiard parlor in "Autobiography"?

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