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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem, the room in which Ginsberg lies is:
(a) Bright.
(b) Loud.
(c) Silent.
(d) Dark.

2. What emotion do we carry through life?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Anger.
(c) Love.
(d) Hate.

3. Some writers ended up where?
(a) In the Bowery.
(b) California.
(c) Madison Avenue.
(d) Brooklyn.

4. Which is the jumping off point for Ginsberg's thoughts?
(a) Wild Orphan.
(b) Howl.
(c) Kaddish.
(d) Moloch.

5. Many institutions believe that ___ was/were the answer.
(a) War.
(b) Money.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Ignorance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which first experience is referred to by Ginsberg?

2. What word is used to describe the racks?

3. Who is William Carlos Williams?

4. The song is inspired by whom?

5. Which helped America to become beautiful?

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