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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poet writes in "I Am Waiting" that he is waiting for God to look to see the Ode to the Confederate Dead as a real what?
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Joy.
(c) Farce.
(d) Irony.

2. Where does the poet ask to go in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Athens.
(b) Isle of Manisfree.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

3. Where does the poet suggest sleeping in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Caves.
(b) Churches.
(c) Phone booths.
(d) Deserts.

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

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

6. In the poem, "Dog," what does the dog see in Chinatown windows?
(a) Children.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Wontons.
(d) Drunks.

7. What does the author consider the poems in Chapter 2 to be?
(a) Dance poetry.
(b) Music poetry.
(c) Oral messages.
(d) Image poetry.

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

9. In "Junkman's Obbligato," the poet writes, "Empty out your pockets and _____."
(a) Fall asleep.
(b) Awaken.
(c) Disappear.
(d) Arouse.

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

11. In "Autobiography," who has the poet heard "strained through a sheet"?
(a) Debussy.
(b) Chopin.
(c) Picasso.
(d) Bach.

12. In "I Am Waiting," the poet says he is waiting for the Age of what to drop dead?
(a) Imposition.
(b) Casualty.
(c) Diffidence.
(d) Anxiety.

13. How is "sister in the street" wearing her brassiere in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Around her neck.
(b) Backwards.
(c) On the outside of her clothes.
(d) Upside down.

14. In "I Am Waiting," the poet writes he is waiting for the rebirth of what?
(a) Truth.
(b) Music.
(c) Inconsequence.
(d) Wonder.

15. The poet writes he's selling everything and giving the rest to what in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Good Will Industries.
(b) Homeless men he passes.
(c) The shoremen on leave.
(d) The ragtag crew of nonpatriots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the billiard parlor in "Autobiography"?

2. What does "obbligato" mean?

3. Where does golf go on in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

4. Where does the poet write of staggering blind after alleycats in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

5. In "I Am Waiting," the poet writes he is waiting for someone to really discover what?

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