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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 magazine did the poet read as a boy, in "Autobiography"?
(a) Boy Scouts America.
(b) American Boy.
(c) Junior American.
(d) American League.

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

3. What does "obbligato" mean?
(a) Obligatory.
(b) Obsequious.
(c) Ordinary.
(d) Opulent.

4. The poet writes in "I Am Waiting," that he is waiting for the deepest South to just stop what?
(a) Reconstructing itself.
(b) Castrating itself.
(c) Murdering itself.
(d) Terrorizing itself.

5. The benches are filled with what kind of discarded statues in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) St. Francis.
(b) St. Christopher.
(c) Bowling Green.
(d) Athenian.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet writes he's selling everything and giving the rest to what in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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

3. How is "sister in the street" wearing her brassiere in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

4. In "Autobiography," who has the poet heard "strained through a sheet"?

5. The poet uses literary allusion in the line, "I'm tired of waiting for Godot." To which author is he referring?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What are the major points of "Autobiography"?

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

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

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

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

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

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