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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the repeated refrain in Poem 27?
(a) Dove sta amore.
(b) C'est amore.
(c) Il vueno amore.
(d) Dolce amore.

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

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

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

5. In Poem 13, the poet writes of Dante discovering what?
(a) A nymph.
(b) A commedia.
(c) A tragedy.
(d) A mountain.

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

7. What does the poet do with all the old ladies in Poem 18?
(a) Wakens their dreams.
(b) Makes them young again.
(c) Kisses them sleeping.
(d) Rouses their confidence.

8. In Poem 3, the poet writes, "its America with its ghost towns and empty ________."
(a) Mount Rushmore.
(b) Ellis islands.
(c) Silent plains.
(d) Forests.

9. In Poem 5, in what year does the poet write the Dead Sea Scrolls are found?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1951.

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

15. In what does the poet write he first fell in love in Poem 20?
(a) The dime store.
(b) The arcade.
(c) The midnight train.
(d) The penny candy store.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 1, the author writes of false windmills and _____ roosters.

2. In Poem 12, where did he hound the leaded ground?

3. What bird is feeding "on its own breast" in Poem 11?

4. What kind of clowns "always making up imaginary scenes with all our masks for faces" does the poet refer to in Poem 16?

5. In Poem 7, the poet writes, "What could she say to the fantastic _____

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