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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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) Old Man River.
(c) The Jesus caravan.
(d) The Silent Ship.

4. 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) Farce.
(b) Irony.
(c) Joy.
(d) Tragedy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. In Chapter 2, the author writes that these poems were conceived specifically to be accompanied by what?
(a) Beat music.
(b) Blues music.
(c) Tambourine.
(d) Jazz music.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Autobiography," where is the poet leading a quiet life?

2. The poet writes in "I Am Waiting" that he is waiting for a religious revival to sweep through the state of what?

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

4. In "Meet Miss Subways," what is the year?

5. What does the author consider the poems in Chapter 2 to be?

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