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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. From where will the carpenter not come down in Poem 5?
(a) His cross.
(b) His throne.
(c) His tree.
(d) His mountain.

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

3. What bird is feeding "on its own breast" in Poem 11?
(a) Thrush.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Falcon.
(d) Ibis.

4. What is the Widder Fogliani otherwise known as?
(a) Bella Gloria.
(b) Bella Lana.
(c) Bella Donna.
(d) Bella Sara.

5. In what month does Poem 20 take place, when the poet first falls in love?
(a) November.
(b) September.
(c) July.
(d) October.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 10, what does the poet write he has not lain with all his life?

2. What does the poet do with all the old ladies in Poem 18?

3. What is the repeated refrain in Poem 27?

4. In Poem 1, the author writes of false windmills and _____ roosters.

5. What does the woman in Poem 9 have that are bad?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What events take place in Poem 18 of Chapter One? How does the poet describe "the dreamer"?

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

7. Poem 3 of Chapter One describes other visions of America. What are they?

8. Describe the Christ figure in Poem 5 of Chapter One.

9. Describe Goya's paintings as described by the author in Poem 1.

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

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