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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the poet say he is waiting for them to prove is really an American in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) God.
(b) The Pope.
(c) Himself.
(d) Ginsberg.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Where does golf go on in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Central Park.
(b) Golden Gate.
(c) Burning Tree.
(d) Jackson Square.

14. For whom is the poet waiting to act in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) Ike.
(b) Jesus.
(c) The woman.
(d) The man.

15. In "The Long Street," it is the street of what?
(a) The world.
(b) The universe.
(c) The women.
(d) The city.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet uses literary allusion in the line, "I'm tired of waiting for Godot." To which author is he referring?

2. In "Autobiography," the author writes, "I landed in Normandy/in a rowboat that _______."

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

4. What will be "stuck to our pants" years later in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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

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