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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the "falcons of the inner eye" do in Poem 11?

2. In Poem 1, the author writes that in the paintings of Goya we see the people of the world when "they first attained the title of" what?

3. What does the woman in Poem 9 have that are bad?

4. What are the "patriotic maidens" wearing in Poem 2?

5. In poem 29, the poet writes of what character from The Sun Also Rises?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the juxtaposition of setting in Poem 19 of Chapter One? How is memory involved?

2. In Chapter One, where does Poem 20 take place? With what does the poet fall in love?

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

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

5. Detail the events which take place in Poem 8, in Golden Gate Park.

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

7. What events take place in Poem 18 of Chapter One? How does the poet describe "the dreamer"?

8. What is the second poem of Chapter 1 about? What imagery is used?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is the dog in the poem, "Dog"? What are the qualities of this character? How does he interact with the world around him? How might this reflect the author?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Poem 6 of "A Coney Island of the Mind." How does the author describe the statue of St. Francis? What is the significance of the birds in this poem? What are the major themes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the poem "Junkman's Obbligato" from Chapter Two. What is unique about the use of rhyme and meter in this poem? In what ways is the poem a rallying cry?

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