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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 name of the billiard parlor in "Autobiography"?
(a) Homer.
(b) Dante.
(c) Mike.
(d) Jack.

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

3. How does the poet write of knowing whores in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Thirdhand.
(b) Firsthand.
(c) Vaguely.
(d) Secondhand.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Long Street," it is the street of what?

2. What is the poet waiting to just stop rolling along past the country club in "I Am Waiting"?

3. 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?

4. The poet writes in "I Am Waiting," that he is waiting for the deepest South to just stop what?

5. What does "obbligato" mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the dog in the poem, "Dog."

2. What is the poet's meaning in "The Long Street"?

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

4. What is the underlying meaning of the poem "I Am Waiting"?

5. What does the poet suggest in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

6. What is the poem "Autobiography" about?

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

8. What is the overall theme of the poem "Junkman's Obbligato"? What allusions point to this?

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

10. How is the place in the ending of "The Long Street" described?

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