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

2. What streams from the lovers in "Poem 2" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?
(a) Stinging lips.
(b) Long hair.
(c) Amber voices.
(d) Soft embraces.

3. In Poem 14, the poet writes, "Don't let that horse eat that ____."
(a) Song.
(b) Cloud.
(c) Violin.
(d) Apple.

4. In Poem 3, the poet writes of fur leaves and cobalt what?
(a) Skies.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Seas.

5. What are the "gay cows" chanting in Poem 2?
(a) Athenian anthems.
(b) Lullabies.
(c) Argentinean anthems.
(d) Winter songs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has its cookies to give out in "Poem 7" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?

2. The man in Poem 8 is carrying an old beat-up what?

3. Who does the poet refer to in the lines, "Take up the full beard/of walking anarchy"?

4. In Poem 12, where did he hound the leaded ground?

5. In Chapter 2, the author writes that these poems were conceived specifically to be accompanied by what?

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