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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. Who does the dog not hate but has no use for in "Dog"?
(a) Policemen.
(b) Drunks.
(c) Children.
(d) Vagrants.
2. In what way does the poet repeatedly change a line from the song "America" in ""Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Oh say can you sleep.
(b) My country tears of thee.
(c) The stars shining black.
(d) My country lies of thee.
3. What did the poet get caught stealing in the Five and Dime store in "Autobiography"?
(a) Candy.
(b) Soda.
(c) Toys.
(d) Pencils.
4. In "I Am Waiting," the poet writes he is waiting for the rebirth of what?
(a) Wonder.
(b) Inconsequence.
(c) Music.
(d) Truth.
5. What magazine did the poet read as a boy, in "Autobiography"?
(a) Junior American.
(b) Boy Scouts America.
(c) American Boy.
(d) American League.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 2, the author writes that these poems were conceived specifically to be accompanied by what?
2. The poet writes in "I Am Waiting," that he is waiting for the deepest South to just stop what?
3. With whom did the author create an LP of the poems in Chapter 2?
4. In "I Am Waiting" the poet writes he is waiting to write the great ____ poem.
5. What does the poet speak of leaving behind on lampposts in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the author say of money in the poem, "Autobiography"?
2. What is the underlying meaning of the poem "I Am Waiting"?
3. How is the place in the ending of "The Long Street" described?
4. What are the prominent themes of "Christ Climbed Down"?
5. Who is described in "Meet Miss Subways"?
6. What events take place in "Christ Climbed Down"?
7. What is the poet's meaning in "The Long Street"?
8. What are some of the things the poet is waiting for in "I Am Waiting"?
9. Describe the train in "Meet Miss Subways." How is this tied to its theme?
10. Why does the author describe the poems of Chapter Two as "oral messages"?
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