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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous magazine is mentioned?
(a) Field and Stream.
(b) Time.
(c) Life.
(d) Popular Mechanics.

2. Which adjective best describes Ginsberg?
(a) Distraught.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Rude.
(d) Perplexed.

3. Which mode of transportation is nearby?
(a) Bus.
(b) Bicycle.
(c) Car.
(d) Train.

4. The poet asks questions of whom?
(a) Mother.
(b) Clerk.
(c) Stock boys.
(d) Cop.

5. Where did Ginsberg's family come from?
(a) Russia.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Israel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was common on the scene in those days?

2. Who is Charon?

3. The friend refers to the item as a ____________.

4. Which adjective is the best to describe HOWL?

5. What is the surname of the friend mentioned in the poem?

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