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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 2" of "Pictures of the Gone World," the author writes, "the steamengine driver don't recognize them new _____ horns."
(a) Electric.
(b) Mechanical.
(c) Fangled.
(d) Hip.

2. Who does the poet refer to in the lines, "Take up the full beard/of walking anarchy"?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Lord Byron.

3. Where are the women in the paintings in "Poem 5" of "Pictures of the Gone World"?
(a) Deserts.
(b) Forests.
(c) Beaches.
(d) Mountains.

4. Where does the poet ask to go in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Rome.
(b) Paris.
(c) Isle of Manisfree.
(d) Athens.

5. What do the "falcons of the inner eye" do in Poem 11?
(a) Dance and cry.
(b) Scream and die.
(c) Sing and cry.
(d) Dive and die.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Junkman's Obbligato," what has not yet toppled from his horse?

3. Where does "Poem 4" of "Pictures of the Gone World" take place?

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

5. How is the woman's laughter described in "Poem 1" of "Pictures from the Gone World"?

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