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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 does the item represent?
(a) Locomotive.
(b) Progress.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Fervor.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ginsberg believes that people should focus on ________________.

2. The author lacks in which area?

3. Ginsberg compares people to which of the following?

4. Ginsberg has experienced which of the following?

5. The author is not _____________.

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