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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, A Coney Island of the Mind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the heart compared to in Poem 25?
(a) A tree.
(b) A harp.
(c) A fish.
(d) A mandolin.

2. What kind of two-step does the poet write about in Poem 9?
(a) Athenian.
(b) Barbarian.
(c) Aztec.
(d) Romanian.

3. Where did the Widder Fogliani have whiskers?
(a) On her chin.
(b) On her soul.
(c) On her heart.
(d) On her chest.

4. In what month does Poem 20 take place, when the poet first falls in love?
(a) October.
(b) November.
(c) July.
(d) September.

5. In Poem 1, the author writes that in the paintings of Goya we see the people of the world when "they first attained the title of" what?
(a) Solemn silence.
(b) Joyous humanity.
(c) Brilliant adversity.
(d) Suffering humanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose castle stands above the world like a last bastille in Poem 16?

2. In Poem 5, in what year does the poet write the Dead Sea Scrolls are found?

3. What is the repeated refrain in Poem 27?

4. In Poem 1, the author writes of false windmills and _____ roosters.

5. What is the literary allusion in Poem 2?

(see the answer key)

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