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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. What is the heart compared to in Poem 25?

3. In Poem 6, what wouldn't sing where the statue was being erected?

4. What is the repeated refrain in Poem 27?

5. What bird is feeding "on its own breast" in Poem 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in Poem 9 of Chapter One? What does the woman say to him in the poem? What is the mood?

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

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

4. Describe the Christ figure in Poem 5 of Chapter One.

5. What is the metaphor for a poet in Poem 15 of Chapter One?

6. How is life compared to a circus in Poem 17 of Chapter One?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the poem "Junkman's Obbligato" from Chapter Two. What is unique about the use of rhyme and meter in this poem? In what ways is the poem a rallying cry?

Essay Topic 3

What are the major themes of the poem "I Am Waiting"? How does the author express the time in which he exists in this poem? How does Ferlinghetti illuminate his political beliefs through the use of symbolism?

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