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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. What does Ginsberg compare to an asphodel?
(a) Love.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Desire.
(d) Pain.

2. According to Ginsberg, everything is _________.
(a) Pointless.
(b) Holy.
(c) Simple.
(d) Creative.

3. If people are not careful they will end up experiencing which one of the following?
(a) Hell.
(b) Death.
(c) Empty lives.
(d) Apathy.

4. Which segment of the population is referred to by Ginsberg?
(a) Homeless.
(b) Middle class.
(c) Rich.
(d) Poor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is it located?

2. What does the item represent?

3. Which word is the best to describe the result of people's desire?

4. What has impaired Ginsberg's mental condition?

5. Ginsberg sees what in humankind?

(see the answer key)

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