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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poet writes of staggering into what kind of sunsets in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) West coast.
(b) East River.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Snowy.

2. In "I Am Waiting" the poet writes he is waiting to write the great ____ poem.
(a) Indelible.
(b) Honest.
(c) Rhythmic.
(d) Beautiful.

3. In "The Long Street," the poet writes ""Oaklands of the soul /____ of the Imagination."
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Chicagos.
(c) Dublins.
(d) New Yorks.

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

5. With whom did the author create an LP of the poems in Chapter 2?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) Kenneth Rexroth.
(c) Moody Sanders.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

6. What does the poet speak of leaving behind on lampposts in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Neckties.
(b) Watches.
(c) Shirts.
(d) Boots.

7. What does "obbligato" mean?
(a) Ordinary.
(b) Opulent.
(c) Obsequious.
(d) Obligatory.

8. In "I Am Waiting," the poet writes he is waiting for someone to really discover what?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Truth.
(c) America.
(d) Beauty.

9. "By the time they print your picture / in ________ / you will have become a negative anyway" the poet writes in "Junkman's Obbligato."
(a) Life Magazine.
(b) The paper.
(c) New York Magazine.
(d) Times Magazine.

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

11. In "Meet Miss Subways," what is the year?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1957.

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

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

14. The poet writes in "I Am Waiting," "I am waiting for the war to be fought which will make the world safe for" what?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Communism.
(c) Love.
(d) Anarchy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "I Am Waiting," the poet writes he is waiting for the rebirth of what?

2. Besides the Gettysburg address, what other address has the author heard, according to "Autobiography"?

3. Where does the poet ask to go in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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

5. In "Autobiography," where was the poet when Rome was built?

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