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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. What will the people miss, having ridden the rails too long in "Poem 2" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?
(a) The turn.
(b) The song.
(c) The whistle.
(d) The bells.

2. In Poem 18, how does the poet feel of his own voice and the sound of birds?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Overjoyed.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Enraged.

3. What will our eyes be watery with the empty bottles of in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Muscatel.
(b) Mescal.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Rum.

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

5. In Poem 24, the poet writes, "We squat upon the beach of love/ among Picasso _____ struck full of sand."
(a) Violins.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Villages.
(d) Mandolins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season is it in "Poem 4" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?

2. What does the woman say we do differently at night in "Poem 8" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?

3. Where do the "dogs do it" in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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

5. Who would the woman quote in "Poem 8" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?

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