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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did the poet believe he was, catching crayfish in the Bronx river in "Autobiography"?
(a) Huckleberry Finn.
(b) Tom Sawyer.
(c) Jackson Browne.
(d) William Rutledge.

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

3. The benches are filled with what kind of discarded statues in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) St. Francis.
(b) Athenian.
(c) St. Christopher.
(d) Bowling Green.

4. 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.

5. Where do the subways stall and wait in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Under the bridge.
(b) At Coney Island.
(c) Under the river.
(d) Over the river.

6. The poet writes he's selling everything and giving the rest to what in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) The ragtag crew of nonpatriots.
(b) The shoremen on leave.
(c) Good Will Industries.
(d) Homeless men he passes.

7. Where does the poet write of staggering blind after alleycats in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Under the Brooklyn Bridge.
(b) In Seattle by the shore.
(c) In the sunsets of Chicago.
(d) In the San Francisco fire line.

8. In "Autobiography," where was the poet when Rome was built?
(a) India.
(b) Japan.
(c) America.
(d) Europe.

9. What will our eyes be watery with the empty bottles of in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Rum.
(c) Muscatel.
(d) Mescal.

10. The author writes in "Autobiography," "I once started out / to walk around the world / but ended up in ______."
(a) Venezuela.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Mexico.

11. In "Autobiography," who has the poet heard "strained through a sheet"?
(a) Bach.
(b) Picasso.
(c) Debussy.
(d) Chopin.

12. What does the author consider the poems in Chapter 2 to be?
(a) Music poetry.
(b) Dance poetry.
(c) Image poetry.
(d) Oral messages.

13. In "Autobiography," the author writes, "I landed in Normandy/in a rowboat that _______."
(a) Floated ashore.
(b) Fell to shreds.
(c) Washed away in the waves.
(d) Turned over.

14. What does "obbligato" mean?
(a) Obligatory.
(b) Opulent.
(c) Obsequious.
(d) Ordinary.

15. In "I Am Waiting," the poet writes he is waiting for someone to really discover what?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Truth.
(c) America.
(d) Beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet uses literary allusion in the line, "I'm tired of waiting for Godot." To which author is he referring?

2. In "Meet Miss Subways," what is the year?

3. In "I Am Waiting," Ferlinghetti writes that he is waiting for what to be stored?

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

5. How is "sister in the street" wearing her brassiere in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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