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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 15, what does a poet climb onto of his own making?
(a) A high wire.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A building.
(d) A castle.

2. In Poem 5, the guy who shows up late is a kind of what?
(a) Jeweler.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Hustler.
(d) Highwayman.

3. In what month does Poem 20 take place, when the poet first falls in love?
(a) September.
(b) November.
(c) October.
(d) July.

4. In Poem 21, the poet writes that "she" loved to look at flowers and smell fruit. What staggered through her sleep?
(a) Wolves in tiger garb.
(b) Goats among the sheep.
(c) Poets and madmen.
(d) Halfass drunken sailors.

5. In Poem 3, the poet writes, "its America with its ghost towns and empty ________."
(a) Ellis islands.
(b) Silent plains.
(c) Forests.
(d) Mount Rushmore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Widder Fogliani otherwise known as?

2. What can never fade into a money-losing nothingness in Poem 10?

3. What is the woman carrying in Poem 8?

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

5. What kind of two-step does the poet write about in Poem 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the poet write about Beauty in Poem 10 of Chapter One?

2. Describe the Christ figure in Poem 5 of Chapter One.

3. What is Poem 4 about in Chapter One? What imagery is used?

4. Poem 3 of Chapter One describes other visions of America. What are they?

5. Describe the woman in Poem 21 of Chapter One.

6. What does Chagall do in Poem 14 of Chapter One?

7. Describe Goya's paintings as described by the author in Poem 1.

8. What is the metaphor for a poet in Poem 15 of Chapter One?

9. How is life compared to a circus in Poem 17 of Chapter One?

10. What is the major theme of Poem 29 of Chapter One?

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