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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Of Men and Cities Poems.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Blindness of Scorn," what does the Malay guide become caught in?
(a) A web.
(b) A sink hole.
(c) Quick. Sand.
(d) A snake's coil.

2. Who meets at Versailles?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) Louis XVI.
(c) June Cleaver.
(d) President Obama.

3. What emotion does the narrator of "Babylon" express?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Fear.
(c) Joy.
(d) Pride.

4. What does the poet of "Rendezvous With America" claim America will face?
(a) Great Wealth.
(b) 9/11.
(c) Challenges.
(d) A war with Russia.

5. Why does the scientist in "A Primer for Today" claim change occurs?
(a) No one knows.
(b) Magic.
(c) God.
(d) Reproduction in the animal and plant kingdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the bard in "The Bard of Addis Ababa" chant about?

2. What does the Malay claim in "The Blindness of Scorn" put people on the attack?

3. What is the result in "Rendezvous With America," of the historic places the poet speaks of?

4. In the poem "Rendezvous With America," what is the population that arrives in America like?

5. Who does the farmer in "Old Man Michael" blame for his bad crops?

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