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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Earlier poems: In Back of the Real.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To Ginsberg, riches have little or nothing to do with which of the following?
(a) Profession.
(b) Bloodline.
(c) Money.
(d) Class system.

2. Which is not a main theme of the poem?
(a) Reconciliation.
(b) Love.
(c) Walking.
(d) Yearning.

3. The friend refers to the item as a ____________.
(a) Thought.
(b) Reminder.
(c) Shadow.
(d) Specter.

4. What is the friend's first name?
(a) Jack.
(b) Gregory.
(c) William.
(d) William.

5. Which first experience is referred to by Ginsberg?
(a) Academic.
(b) Self-controlled.
(c) Sexual.
(d) Metaphysical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is constructed in the poem?

2. The author warns against the dangers of which of the following?

3. Some writers ended up where?

4. In which state did Ginsberg live?

5. What does Ginsberg compare to an asphodel?

(see the answer key)

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