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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 24, the poet writes, "We squat upon the beach of love/ among Picasso _____ struck full of sand."

2. In Poem 4, the poet writes of dead sunflowers and live what?

3. What are the "patriotic maidens" wearing in Poem 2?

4. In poem 2, where does the poet say "we" were sailing through the streets?

5. In Poem 21, the poet writes that "she" loved to look at flowers and smell fruit. What staggered through her sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Poem 4 about in Chapter One? What imagery is used?

2. What is the juxtaposition of setting in Poem 19 of Chapter One? How is memory involved?

3. What does Chagall do in Poem 14 of Chapter One?

4. What is the statue described as in Poem 6 of Chapter One?

5. What does the poet write about Beauty in Poem 10 of Chapter One?

6. Describe the woman in Poem 21 of Chapter One.

7. Poem 3 of Chapter One describes other visions of America. What are they?

8. Describe Goya's paintings as described by the author in Poem 1.

9. What events take place in Poem 18 of Chapter One? How does the poet describe "the dreamer"?

10. What is the second poem of Chapter 1 about? What imagery is used?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is the dog in the poem, "Dog"? What are the qualities of this character? How does he interact with the world around him? How might this reflect the author?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the animal imagery prominent in Poem 11 of Chapter One. In this poem, the author writes, "The wounded wilderness of Morris Graves / is not the same wild west / the white man found." How does he go one to describe it?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of metaphor in the poem, "The Long Street." What two metaphors are used and what do they represent?

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