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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 is the heart compared to in Poem 25?
(a) A harp.
(b) A mandolin.
(c) A tree.
(d) A fish.

2. What is the literary allusion in Poem 2?
(a) Walden.
(b) The Iliad.
(c) On the Road.
(d) The Grapes of Wrath.

3. What painter kept painting, despite his mother's pleas in Poem 14?
(a) Monet.
(b) Chagall.
(c) Van Gogh.
(d) Picasso.

4. In "Poem 9" of "Pictures of the Gone World," what does the poet say are never so real as "oldstyle romances"?
(a) Forgotten lovers.
(b) New loves.
(c) Funny fantasies.
(d) Lilting laughter.

5. In "Autobiography," where is the poet leading a quiet life?
(a) Golden Gate.
(b) Jack's Place.
(c) The sunset.
(d) Mike's Place.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet uses literary allusion in the line, "I'm tired of waiting for Godot." To which author is he referring?

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

3. Whom does the poet say he is waiting for them to prove is really an American in "I Am Waiting"?

4. In Poem 15, what stands and waits to perform her own death-defying leap?

5. In what month does Poem 20 take place, when the poet first falls in love?

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