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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Earlier poems: Song.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of a person is referred to in the footnote?
(a) Head.
(b) Soul.
(c) Hands.
(d) Heart.

2. What is the final wish?
(a) Love.
(b) Peace.
(c) Death.
(d) Spirit.

3. Ginsberg talks about his job in relation to which of the following?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Ambivalence.

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

5. This emotion is always present where?
(a) Everywhere.
(b) In the heart of a child.
(c) In the back of one's mind.
(d) In dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "mad" refers to ____________.

2. What is one of the main complaints about the job?

3. The song is inspired by whom?

4. Ginsberg's idea of the country could be related best to which of the following?

5. People may also become obsessed with ____________.

(see the answer key)

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