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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. The poet uses literary allusion in the line, "I'm tired of waiting for Godot." To which author is he referring?
(a) Samuel Beckett.
(b) Arthur Miller.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Albert Camus.

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) Chariots.
(c) Unicorns.
(d) Firemouth.

3. What did the poet get caught stealing in the Five and Dime store in "Autobiography"?
(a) Soda.
(b) Toys.
(c) Pencils.
(d) Candy.

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

5. In what way does the poet repeatedly change a line from the song "America" in ""Junkman's Obbligato"?
(a) Oh say can you sleep.
(b) The stars shining black.
(c) My country lies of thee.
(d) My country tears of thee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the poet say he is waiting for them to prove is really an American in "I Am Waiting"?

2. Where does the poet ask to go in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

3. The benches are filled with what kind of discarded statues in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

4. In "The Long Street," the poet writes ""Oaklands of the soul /____ of the Imagination."

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the place in the ending of "The Long Street" described?

2. What does the author say of money in the poem, "Autobiography"?

3. In "Autobiography," to what animal does the poet compare himself? What has he seen?

4. Describe the dog in the poem, "Dog."

5. What is admirable to the poet about the dog in "Dog"?

6. What are the prominent themes of "Christ Climbed Down"?

7. What is the poem "Autobiography" about?

8. What does the poet suggest in "Junkman's Obbligato"?

9. How is the street described in "The Long Street"?

10. Describe the train in "Meet Miss Subways." How is this tied to its theme?

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