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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Death of a Poet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the writer sleep in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?
(a) Clothed.
(b) Naked.
(c) Dreamlessly.
(d) Fitfully.

2. What did Thompson write he didn't miss at all, most days, in the Introduction?
(a) His wife.
(b) His lover.
(c) His cat.
(d) His memory.

3. The woman in the kitchen in "Death of a Poet" was ___________.
(a) Thompson's sister.
(b) A blow-up doll.
(c) Leach's wife.
(d) Leach's mistress.

4. In "Mescalito," what did Thompson describe as an unbearable experience that would blow the top right off his head?
(a) Driving.
(b) Speaking.
(c) Going in public.
(d) Flying.

5. In "Mescalito," Thompson described his drug trip as "a buzzing without noise, high-speed vibrations and more ___________."
(a) Tremors.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Angels.
(d) Brightness.

Short Answer Questions

1. ______________were all over the carpet in Thompson's room.

2. Who composed Sonata in F Major for Oboe and Guitar?

3. What does the writer do in the tunnel in the poem which opens "Death of a Poet"?

4. What did Thompson claim in the Introduction was what "we must deal with" today?

5. What "puts you out in the dark, which is more neutral" in "Mescalito"?

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