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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. What park is referred to in Poem 8?
(a) St. Lawrence.
(b) Golden Gate.
(c) Chiminy.
(d) St. Francis.

2. What kind of pilots has the poet seen in "Autobiography"?
(a) African.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) Indian.
(d) Asian.

3. Whom does the poet say he is waiting for them to prove is really an American in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) Himself.
(b) God.
(c) Ginsberg.
(d) The Pope.

4. In poem 2, where does the poet say "we" were sailing through the streets?
(a) Argos.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Demos.
(d) Atlanta.

5. In Poem 20, what did the leaves cry?
(a) Too soon!
(b) Fall beneath me!
(c) Leave!
(d) Sleep son!

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 7, the poet writes, "What could she say to the fantastic _____

2. In Poem 10, what does the poet write he has not lain with all his life?

3. The poet writes he's selling everything and giving the rest to what in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

4. Who does the poet refer to in the lines, "Take up the full beard/of walking anarchy"?

5. What will be "stuck to our pants" years later in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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