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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 2" of "Pictures of the Gone World," what "careens along away / on a high / hilltop"?
(a) The children's horse.
(b) The blue train.
(c) The bright saloon.
(d) The red balloon.

2. The poets writes in "Junkman's Obbligato," "Let us not wait for ______ / to carry us triumphant / into the interior waving / at the natives."
(a) Cadillacs.
(b) Chariots.
(c) Unicorns.
(d) Firemouth.

3. In "Poem 1" of "Pictures from the Gone World," how does the author describe the chimneypots?
(a) Corroded.
(b) Flaxen black.
(c) Charley noble.
(d) Cherry red.

4. What does the woman in Poem 9 hate?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Love.

5. In "Poem 8" of "Pictures of the Gone World," the author writes that the face could just as easily be hurt by laughter or what?
(a) Tears.
(b) Sincerity.
(c) Light.
(d) Serendipity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Poem 27, what tolled twice, once for the birth of love and once for the death?

3. In Poem 11, the poet writes that "the wounded wilderness of _____ is not the same as the wild west."

4. What do the "falcons of the inner eye" do in Poem 11?

5. In the poem, "Dog," what does the dog see in Chinatown windows?

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