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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What magazine did the poet read as a boy, in "Autobiography"?
(a) Boy Scouts America.
(b) Junior American.
(c) American League.
(d) American Boy.

2. Where does the poet write of staggering blind after alleycats in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Under the Brooklyn Bridge.
(b) In the sunsets of Chicago.
(c) In the San Francisco fire line.
(d) In Seattle by the shore.

3. In what way does the poet repeatedly change a line from the song "America" in ""Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Oh say can you sleep.
(b) My country tears of thee.
(c) My country lies of thee.
(d) The stars shining black.

4. The poet writes in "I Am Waiting," that he is waiting for the deepest South to just stop what?
(a) Terrorizing itself.
(b) Murdering itself.
(c) Castrating itself.
(d) Reconstructing itself.

5. What kind of pilots has the poet seen in "Autobiography"?
(a) Egyptian.
(b) Asian.
(c) Indian.
(d) African.

6. What is the name of the billiard parlor in "Autobiography"?
(a) Jack.
(b) Mike.
(c) Homer.
(d) Dante.

7. Who did the poet believe he was, catching crayfish in the Bronx river in "Autobiography"?
(a) Jackson Browne.
(b) Huckleberry Finn.
(c) William Rutledge.
(d) Tom Sawyer.

8. Where does "Autobiography" take place?
(a) The Upper East Side.
(b) Lower East Broadway.
(c) Jackson Square Park.
(d) SoHo.

9. What did the poet get caught stealing in the Five and Dime store in "Autobiography"?
(a) Pencils.
(b) Toys.
(c) Candy.
(d) Soda.

10. Who does the dog not hate but has no use for in "Dog"?
(a) Drunks.
(b) Policemen.
(c) Children.
(d) Vagrants.

11. Besides the Gettysburg address, what other address has the author heard, according to "Autobiography"?
(a) Ginsberg.
(b) Home.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Kerouac.

12. How does the poet write of knowing whores in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Thirdhand.
(b) Vaguely.
(c) Firsthand.
(d) Secondhand.

13. In "Junkman's Obbligato," what has not yet toppled from his horse?
(a) Hamilton.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Miami.
(d) Washington.

14. Who is the author waiting to come to the "final darkest tower" in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Childe Roland.
(c) God.
(d) Alice in Wonderland.

15. In "Autobiography," the author writes, "I landed in Normandy/in a rowboat that _______."
(a) Turned over.
(b) Washed away in the waves.
(c) Floated ashore.
(d) Fell to shreds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where will "we" be puking in, "wailing for a winter coat," in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

2. For whom is the poet waiting to act in "I Am Waiting"?

3. For whom is the poet waiting to grow up in "I Am Waiting"?

4. In "Autobiography," what are the French addicts of?

5. The poet writes of staggering into what kind of sunsets in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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