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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. According to Jack, what has little place in a civilized world?
(a) Peace and calm.
(b) Impatience and rudeness.
(c) Enlightenment of solitude.
(d) Judgement and arrogance.

2. Where does Jack sleep during a break in the trip to Mexico?
(a) At a friend's house.
(b) In a park.
(c) A hotel.
(d) The desert.

3. Which of the poets does one of the Ruths fall for when they reach New York?
(a) Jack.
(b) Irwin.
(c) Raphael.
(d) Simon.

4. Where does Jack learn to roll his own cigarettes?
(a) Prison.
(b) High school.
(c) The Army.
(d) His grandfather's house.

5. Why does Gaines have cabs drop him off a block from his house?
(a) He got confused about which house was his.
(b) He wants to see a movie before going home.
(c) He does not want people to know where he lives.
(d) That is where his cab money ran out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack feed the animals that come to his cabin in Washington?

2. What is Jack's job at the beginning of the book?

3. When he wakes up one morning at the cabin, what does Jack think may not be a wise thing for him to do?

4. What does the shock of lightning remind Jack of?

5. Where does the strange car ride end for the poets?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack say he could do if he were made Sultan?

2. Why do the people in line at the bank get mad at Jack?

3. What is the purest truth that Jack has learned from Buddha?

4. What does Raphael think about Mexico?

5. How does Jack describe the trumpet player in the Cellar?

6. What happens while Cody is introducing Jack to his new girl?

7. What illusion does Jack have about the moon one night about a month before he leaves Washington?

8. How does Jack feel about Irwin's proposed visit to Jack in Mexico?

9. Why does Jack dislike the use of form in poetry?

10. How does the waitress at the luncheonette treat Jack?

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