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

2. Who does the dog not hate but has no use for in "Dog"?
(a) Children.
(b) Vagrants.
(c) Drunks.
(d) Policemen.

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

4. Besides the Gettysburg address, what other address has the author heard, according to "Autobiography"?
(a) Kerouac.
(b) Home.
(c) Ginsberg.
(d) Jackson.

5. In "Autobiography," the author writes, "I landed in Normandy/in a rowboat that _______."
(a) Washed away in the waves.
(b) Turned over.
(c) Fell to shreds.
(d) Floated ashore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does golf go on in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

2. The poets writes in "Junkman's Obbligato," "Let us not wait for ______ / to carry us triumphant / into the interior waving / at the natives."

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the pop culture and literary references the author makes in "Autobiography."

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

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

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