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

2. Where do the subways stall and wait in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Under the bridge.
(b) Over the river.
(c) Under the river.
(d) At Coney Island.

3. In "Poem 5" of "Pictures of the Gone World," the poet writes, "I heard the day falling / like the ____ that fell / almost to land."
(a) Gulls.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Raindrops.

4. What is the Widder Fogliani otherwise known as?
(a) Bella Donna.
(b) Bella Gloria.
(c) Bella Sara.
(d) Bella Lana.

5. In poem 29, the poet writes of what character from The Sun Also Rises?
(a) Robert Cohn.
(b) Jackson Stowe.
(c) Brett Parker.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom is the poet waiting to act in "I Am Waiting"?

2. In Poem 21, the poet writes that "she" loved to look at flowers and smell fruit. What staggered through her sleep?

3. What did the Firemen go in to play in "Poem 7" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?

4. In "Poem 12" of "Pictures of the Gone World," the author writes of reading who and thinking of New York?

5. The poet writes in "I Am Waiting," "I am waiting for the war to be fought which will make the world safe for" what?

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