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

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

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

4. The poet writes in "I Am Waiting" that he is waiting for a religious revival to sweep through the state of what?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Alaska.
(c) California.
(d) Hawaii.

5. What is the poet waiting to just stop rolling along past the country club in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) The Ship of Fools.
(b) The Silent Ship.
(c) Old Man River.
(d) The Jesus caravan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will our eyes be watery with the empty bottles of in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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

3. For whom is the poet waiting to act in "I Am Waiting"?

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

5. Who is the author waiting to come to the "final darkest tower" in "I Am Waiting"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Autobiography," to what animal does the poet compare himself? What has he seen?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the poem "Autobiography" about?

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

10. Describe the train in "Meet Miss Subways." How is this tied to its theme?

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