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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Poems from Pictures of the Gone World (1955).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 1, the author writes of false windmills and _____ roosters.
(a) Crying.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Demented.
(d) Ancient.

2. What will our eyes be watery with the empty bottles of in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Rum.
(b) Mescal.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Muscatel.

3. What will be "stuck to our pants" years later in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Chalked up ponies.
(b) Mud and debris.
(c) Cement.
(d) Cigarette papers.

4. Where do the "dogs do it" in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Upon the Mountain.
(b) In the Backyard.
(c) Over the Hill.
(d) In the Black Forest.

5. Who is the painter discussed in "Poem 5" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?
(a) Sarolla.
(b) Goya.
(c) Monet.
(d) Van Gogh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the dog not hate but has no use for in "Dog"?

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

3. In the poem, "Dog," what does the dog see in Chinatown windows?

4. What did the Firemen go in to play in "Poem 7" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?

5. In "I Am Waiting," the poet says he is waiting for the Age of what to drop dead?

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