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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. What does the poet speak of leaving behind on lampposts in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Neckties.
(b) Boots.
(c) Shirts.
(d) Watches.

2. Where does the poet suggest sleeping in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Deserts.
(b) Caves.
(c) Churches.
(d) Phone booths.

3. Who does the dog not hate but has no use for in "Dog"?
(a) Children.
(b) Vagrants.
(c) Drunks.
(d) Policemen.

4. When was "Pictures from the Gone World," a collection of excerpts from the author's book of the same title, published?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1946.

5. What is the repeated refrain in Poem 27?
(a) C'est amore.
(b) Il vueno amore.
(c) Dove sta amore.
(d) Dolce amore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the bathtubs in Poem 2?

2. What can you almost see in the works of the sculptor in "Poem 3" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?

3. What does "obbligato" mean?

4. What are the "gay cows" chanting in Poem 2?

5. In Poem 27, what tolled twice, once for the birth of love and once for the death?

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