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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Junkman's Obbligato," what has not yet toppled from his horse?
(a) Washington.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Miami.
(d) Hamilton.

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

3. The author writes in "Autobiography," "I once started out / to walk around the world / but ended up in ______."
(a) Venezuela.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Mexico.

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

5. Who does the poet refer to in the lines, "Take up the full beard/of walking anarchy"?
(a) Lord Byron.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Walt Whitman.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) Cadillacs.
(b) Chariots.
(c) Unicorns.
(d) Firemouth.

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

14. In "I Am Waiting," Ferlinghetti writes that he is waiting for what to be stored?
(a) The Sun Also Rises.
(b) The Grapes of Wrath.
(c) The Last Judgment.
(d) The Holy Bible.

15. For whom is the poet waiting to grow up in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) Oliver Swift.
(b) Tom Swift.
(c) Peter Pan.
(d) Tom Sawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet speak of leaving behind on lampposts in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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

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

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

5. Where do the "dogs do it" in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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