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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author recognizes what about the item?
(a) Strength.
(b) Loss.
(c) Delicacy.
(d) Beauty.

2. What does Ginsberg see in society?
(a) Integrity.
(b) Defects.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Charity.

3. HOWL can be seen as a plea for ______________.
(a) Retribution.
(b) Help.
(c) Brotherly love.
(d) Solidarity.

4. Ginsberg compares people to which of the following?
(a) Sunflowers.
(b) Songs.
(c) Meteors.
(d) Clouds.

5. In the poem, the room in which Ginsberg lies is:
(a) Silent.
(b) Loud.
(c) Dark.
(d) Bright.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which helped America to become beautiful?

2. Ginsberg laments the loss of which of the following?

3. What does the item represent?

4. Ginsberg believes that life is filled with _____________.

5. Ginsberg wants people to find _______________.

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