A Coney Island of the Mind, Poems Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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A Coney Island of the Mind, Poems Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Oral Messages.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "I Am Waiting," Ferlinghetti writes that he is waiting for what to be stored?
(a) The Sun Also Rises.
(b) The Last Judgment.
(c) The Grapes of Wrath.
(d) The Holy Bible.

2. What does the woman in Poem 9 hate?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Love.
(d) Poetry.

3. What does the poet do with all the old ladies in Poem 18?
(a) Rouses their confidence.
(b) Makes them young again.
(c) Kisses them sleeping.
(d) Wakens their dreams.

4. In "I Am Waiting," the poet says he is waiting for the Age of what to drop dead?
(a) Diffidence.
(b) Imposition.
(c) Casualty.
(d) Anxiety.

5. In "Autobiography," what are the French addicts of?
(a) Pinball.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Absinthe.
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Autobiography," where was the poet when Rome was built?

3. What can never fade into a money-losing nothingness in Poem 10?

4. What did the poet get caught stealing in the Five and Dime store in "Autobiography"?

5. In Poem 21, from the other side of what do the green birds sing?

(see the answer key)

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