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

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

3. What did Solomon do for a living?
(a) Writer.
(b) Painter.
(c) Sanitation worker.
(d) Unemployed.

4. What is one of the main complaints about the job?
(a) Room is too cold.
(b) Long hours.
(c) Low wages.
(d) Mean people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the poem Ginsberg laments ___________.

2. What year was the poem written?

3. Which part of a person is referred to in the footnote?

4. Ginsberg wants people to find _______________.

5. Ginsberg has experienced which of the following?

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