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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 14, the poet writes, "Don't let that horse eat that ____."

2. Where did the Widder Fogliani have whiskers?

3. Along with sleight-of-foot tricks, what does the poet perform in Poem 15?

4. What does the woman in Poem 9 hate?

5. What is the repeated refrain in Poem 27?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Detail the events which take place in Poem 8, in Golden Gate Park.

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

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

5. In Chapter One, where does Poem 20 take place? With what does the poet fall in love?

6. What is the major theme of Poem 29 of Chapter One?

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

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

9. Describe Poem 7 of Chapter One. What literally happens in the poem, and what is the underlying meaning?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of "materialism" in the poem "Christ Climbed Down." What is the author's point of view in this poem? What imagery is used to support this?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the poems of Chapter 2 in comparison to the poems of the rest of the collection. How are these different in style? What are the common themes?

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