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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the poet waiting to just stop rolling along past the country club in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) The Ship of Fools.
(b) The Jesus caravan.
(c) The Silent Ship.
(d) Old Man River.

4. In "Autobiography," what are the French addicts of?
(a) Absinthe.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Pinball.
(d) Heroin.

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

6. Where will "we" be puking in, "wailing for a winter coat," in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Lonely diners.
(b) Jackson Square.
(c) Pawn shops.
(d) Golden Gate Park.

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

8. The poet uses literary allusion in the line, "I'm tired of waiting for Godot." To which author is he referring?
(a) Arthur Miller.
(b) Samuel Beckett.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Albert Camus.

9. In "Autobiography," where is the poet leading a quiet life?
(a) The sunset.
(b) Mike's Place.
(c) Golden Gate.
(d) Jack's Place.

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

11. What will be "stuck to our pants" years later in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Cigarette papers.
(b) Mud and debris.
(c) Chalked up ponies.
(d) Cement.

12. In "Autobiography," where was the poet when Rome was built?
(a) Japan.
(b) Europe.
(c) America.
(d) India.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is "sister in the street" wearing her brassiere in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

3. In "The Long Street," the poet writes ""Oaklands of the soul /____ of the Imagination."

4. The benches are filled with what kind of discarded statues in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

5. In "Junkman's Obbligato," the poet writes, "Empty out your pockets and _____."

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