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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. In Chapter 2, the author writes that these poems were conceived specifically to be accompanied by what?
(a) Beat music.
(b) Blues music.
(c) Tambourine.
(d) Jazz music.

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

3. What does the poet say we'll dry our drawers on in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Coal ovens.
(b) Bonfires.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Garbage fires.

4. In "Autobiography," where was the poet when Rome was built?
(a) Japan.
(b) India.
(c) America.
(d) Europe.

5. In "I Am Waiting," the poet writes he is waiting for someone to really discover what?
(a) Beauty.
(b) America.
(c) Truth.
(d) Poetry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom did the author create an LP of the poems in Chapter 2?

3. In "Autobiography," the author writes, "I landed in Normandy/in a rowboat that _______."

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

5. In "I Am Waiting," the poet writes he is waiting for the rebirth of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the poem "Autobiography" about?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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