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

2. In what does the poet write he first fell in love in Poem 20?
(a) The dime store.
(b) The arcade.
(c) The midnight train.
(d) The penny candy store.

3. In "The Long Street," the poet writes ""Oaklands of the soul /____ of the Imagination."
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Dublins.
(c) Chicagos.
(d) New Yorks.

4. What does the woman in Poem 9 have that are bad?
(a) Eyes.
(b) Teeth.
(c) Hair.
(d) Skin.

5. For whom is the poet waiting to act in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Ike.
(c) The man.
(d) The woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the subways stall and wait in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

2. In "I Am Waiting" the poet writes he is waiting to write the great ____ poem.

3. In Poem 20, what did the leaves cry?

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

5. What does the poet speak of leaving behind on lampposts in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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