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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 7, the poet writes, "What could she say to the fantastic _____
(a) Foolybear.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Cardinal.
(d) God.

2. In Poem 18, how does the poet feel of his own voice and the sound of birds?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Enraged.
(d) Overjoyed.

3. Along with sleight-of-foot tricks, what does the poet perform in Poem 15?
(a) Tumbles.
(b) Pirouettes.
(c) Leaps.
(d) Entrechats.

4. In Poem 3, the poet writes of fur leaves and cobalt what?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Skies.
(c) Seas.
(d) Flowers.

5. The man in Poem 8 is carrying an old beat-up what?
(a) Flute.
(b) Umbrella.
(c) Flower.
(d) Shawl.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 12, what did the painting cry at him?

2. In Poem 3, the poet writes, "its America with its ghost towns and empty ________."

3. In what month does Poem 20 take place, when the poet first falls in love?

4. In Poem 6, whose statue were they putting up?

5. In Poem 4, the poet writes of dead sunflowers and live what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the statue described as in Poem 6 of Chapter One?

2. Detail the events which take place in Poem 8, in Golden Gate Park.

3. What is the metaphor for a poet in Poem 15 of Chapter One?

4. Describe Poem 7 of Chapter One. What literally happens in the poem, and what is the underlying meaning?

5. What is Poem 4 about in Chapter One? What imagery is used?

6. What is the juxtaposition of setting in Poem 19 of Chapter One? How is memory involved?

7. What happens in Poem 9 of Chapter One? What does the woman say to him in the poem? What is the mood?

8. What is the second poem of Chapter 1 about? What imagery is used?

9. What does the poet write about Beauty in Poem 10 of Chapter One?

10. What is the Paradiso in Poem 13 of Chapter One?

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