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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which item do the friends sit?
(a) Ground.
(b) Dock.
(c) Crate.
(d) Sofa.

2. Many people in Ginsberg's generation sought to avoid what?
(a) Religion.
(b) Military draft.
(c) Rat race.
(d) Politics.

3. What is the theme of this poem?
(a) Church music.
(b) Worshipfulness.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Flowers.

4. What does the friend point out to Ginsberg?
(a) Sunflower.
(b) Spider.
(c) Rat.
(d) Butterfly.

5. Williams refers to Howl as a ______________.
(a) "Howl of defeat."
(b) "Silly indulgence."
(c) "Cry to humanity."
(d) "Call of the wild."

6. Which word is the best to describe the result of people's desire?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Abyss.
(c) Self-absorption.
(d) Foolish.

7. Ginsberg was a big supporter of ___________.
(a) Underground movements.
(b) The establishment.
(c) Change.
(d) Jazz.

8. Ginsberg refers to which live object?
(a) Trees.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Weeds.
(d) Snakes.

9. For Ginsberg, poetry is __________.
(a) Joy.
(b) Hard work.
(c) Cathartic.
(d) Painful.

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

11. Ginsberg embraced what kind of life?
(a) Everyday.
(b) Eccentric.
(c) Worthy.
(d) Capitalist.

12. Ginsberg has experienced which of the following?
(a) Enlightenment.
(b) God's presence.
(c) Health issues.
(d) Near death experience.

13. Which movement is pervading America according to Solomon?
(a) Sexual repression.
(b) Martial law.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Communism.

14. Who is Charon?
(a) Clerk.
(b) God.
(c) Ginsberg's brother.
(d) Ferryman.

15. Ginsberg also talks about ___________.
(a) Direction.
(b) Yearning.
(c) Bravery.
(d) Loss.

Short Answer Questions

1. To Ginsberg, riches have little or nothing to do with which of the following?

2. The character comes from which country?

3. The US is often compared to what?

4. Ginsberg compares people to which of the following?

5. Williams talks about Ginsberg's experiences after the end of what major event?

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