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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. 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 Silent Ship.
(d) The Jesus caravan.

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

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

4. What kind of pilots has the poet seen in "Autobiography"?
(a) Indian.
(b) Asian.
(c) Egyptian.
(d) African.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the poet say we'll dry our drawers on in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

3. Who did the poet believe he was, catching crayfish in the Bronx river in "Autobiography"?

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

5. In "I Am Waiting," the poet writes he is waiting for someone to really discover what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the poet suggest to the reader in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

2. What is admirable to the poet about the dog in "Dog"?

3. What are some of the things the poet is waiting for in "I Am Waiting"?

4. What does the author say of money in the poem, "Autobiography"?

5. What are the prominent themes of "Christ Climbed Down"?

6. What events take place in "Christ Climbed Down"?

7. How is the street described in "The Long Street"?

8. Why does the author describe the poems of Chapter Two as "oral messages"?

9. Who is described in "Meet Miss Subways"?

10. What is the poem "Autobiography" about?

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