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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does golf go on in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Central Park.
(b) Jackson Square.
(c) Golden Gate.
(d) Burning Tree.

2. In "I Am Waiting," Ferlinghetti writes that he is waiting for what to be stored?
(a) The Grapes of Wrath.
(b) The Sun Also Rises.
(c) The Last Judgment.
(d) The Holy Bible.

3. In "The Long Street," it is the street of what?
(a) The city.
(b) The world.
(c) The universe.
(d) The women.

4. What does the poet say we'll dry our drawers on in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Bonfires.
(b) Coal ovens.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Garbage fires.

5. What is the poet waiting to just stop rolling along past the country club in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) The Ship of Fools.
(b) Old Man River.
(c) The Jesus caravan.
(d) The Silent Ship.

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

7. In Chapter 2, the author writes that these poems were conceived specifically to be accompanied by what?
(a) Blues music.
(b) Jazz music.
(c) Tambourine.
(d) Beat music.

8. Who is the author waiting to come to the "final darkest tower" in "I Am Waiting"?
(a) Childe Roland.
(b) Alice in Wonderland.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) God.

9. How does the poet write of knowing whores in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Thirdhand.
(b) Vaguely.
(c) Firsthand.
(d) Secondhand.

10. What will be "stuck to our pants" years later in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Cigarette papers.
(b) Cement.
(c) Mud and debris.
(d) Chalked up ponies.

11. In "I Am Waiting," the poet says he is waiting for the Age of what to drop dead?
(a) Casualty.
(b) Diffidence.
(c) Imposition.
(d) Anxiety.

12. Where do the "dogs do it" in "Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) In the Black Forest.
(b) In the Backyard.
(c) Over the Hill.
(d) Upon the Mountain.

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

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

15. In "Meet Miss Subways," what is the year?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1950.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine did the poet read as a boy, in "Autobiography"?

2. The poet writes in "I Am Waiting" that he is waiting for a religious revival to sweep through the state of what?

3. Where does "Autobiography" take place?

4. Where does the poet suggest sleeping in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

5. The poet writes he's selling everything and giving the rest to what in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

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