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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 was the new job for the creative?
(a) Factory work.
(b) Car sales.
(c) Advertising.
(d) Day labor.

2. Atop which item does the thing rest?
(a) Etch-a-Sketch.
(b) Window sill.
(c) Pile of sawdust.
(d) Book.

3. With what might one become obsessed?
(a) Angels.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Madness.
(d) Poetry.

4. What is constructed in the poem?
(a) Miracle.
(b) Industry.
(c) Soul.
(d) Sacrifice.

5. Ginsberg has not touched what in months?
(a) Person.
(b) Telephone.
(c) Book.
(d) Newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ginsberg believed that his generation was being destroyed by which of the following?

2. What famous magazine is mentioned?

3. Ginsberg believes that America is which of the following?

4. What does Ginsberg compare to an asphodel?

5. Ginsberg hopes for the return of which of the following?

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