A Coney Island of the Mind, Poems Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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A Coney Island of the Mind, Poems Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 6, what wouldn't sing where the statue was being erected?
(a) Birds.
(b) Choirs.
(c) Girls.
(d) Angels.

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

3. 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 _______."
(a) Battlements.
(b) Chamber.
(c) Universe.
(d) Prison.

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

5. The poet writes in Poem 13 that he would paint a different kind of what?
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Paradiso.
(c) Bellissimo.
(d) Beauty.

6. What bird is feeding "on its own breast" in Poem 11?
(a) Thrush.
(b) Ibis.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Falcon.

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

8. The man in Poem 8 is carrying an old beat-up what?
(a) Flute.
(b) Umbrella.
(c) Shawl.
(d) Flower.

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

10. In Poem 21, from the other side of what do the green birds sing?
(a) Memory.
(b) Silence.
(c) Truth.
(d) Beauty.

11. In Poem 22, what is Johnny's last name?
(a) Perry.
(b) Nolan.
(c) Smith.
(d) Johnson.

12. What is the woman carrying in Poem 8?
(a) Flowers.
(b) A flute.
(c) Grapes.
(d) A baby.

13. In Poem 27, what tolled twice, once for the birth of love and once for the death?
(a) A telephone.
(b) A bell.
(c) A cloche.
(d) The clock.

14. In Poem 15, what does a poet climb onto of his own making?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A building.
(c) A castle.
(d) A high wire.

15. In Poem 7, the poet writes, "What could she say to the fantastic _____
(a) Cardinal.
(b) Foolybear.
(c) God.
(d) Eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the repeated refrain in Poem 27?

2. Whose castle stands above the world like a last bastille in Poem 16?

3. Along with sleight-of-foot tricks, what does the poet perform in Poem 15?

4. What park is referred to in Poem 8?

5. What is in the bathtubs in Poem 2?

(see the answer keys)

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