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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 11, the poet writes that "the wounded wilderness of _____ is not the same as the wild west."
(a) Sanders Graves.
(b) Death Valley.
(c) Morris Mountain.
(d) Morris Graves.

2. Who is the girl the poet remembers in "Poem 7" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?
(a) Molly.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Laura.
(d) Jenny.

3. In poem 2, where does the poet say "we" were sailing through the streets?
(a) Demos.
(b) Argos.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Seattle.

4. In what month does Poem 20 take place, when the poet first falls in love?
(a) October.
(b) November.
(c) July.
(d) September.

5. In the poem, "Dog," what does the dog see in Chinatown windows?
(a) Wontons.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Drunks.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 16, the poet writes, "Yet away around on the far side like the stage door of a circus tent is a wide wide vent in the _______."

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

3. In "The Long Street," the poet writes ""Oaklands of the soul /____ of the Imagination."

4. What does the poet speak of leaving behind on lampposts in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

5. In "I Am Waiting," Ferlinghetti writes that he is waiting for what to be stored?

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