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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 painter kept painting, despite his mother's pleas in Poem 14?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Chagall.
(c) Picasso.
(d) Monet.

2. The poets writes in "Junkman's Obbligato," "Let us not wait for ______ / to carry us triumphant / into the interior waving / at the natives."
(a) Cadillacs.
(b) Unicorns.
(c) Chariots.
(d) Firemouth.

3. What does the woman let fall in "Poem 8" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?
(a) A glove.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) A stocking.
(d) A napkin.

4. In "Poem 8" of "Pictures of the Gone World," the author writes that the face could just as easily be hurt by laughter or what?
(a) Sincerity.
(b) Tears.
(c) Serendipity.
(d) Light.

5. Who is the girl the poet remembers in "Poem 7" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Laura.
(d) Molly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color is the woman's hair in "Poem 1" of "Pictures from the Gone World"?

3. Where does "Autobiography" take place?

4. What stands hitched alone in "Poem 10" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?

5. Where do the "dogs do it" in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

(see the answer key)

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