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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Earlier poems: In Back of the Real.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What natural item is spotted by the poet?
(a) Flower.
(b) Stone.
(c) Beaver.
(d) Bird.

2. Which adjective is the best to describe HOWL?
(a) Arresting.
(b) Unsettling.
(c) Pointless.
(d) Controversial.

3. At the end of the poem Ginsberg laments ___________.
(a) Being unfilled.
(b) Running out of food.
(c) Hangover.
(d) Lost friendship.

4. Where is it located?
(a) Living room.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) Railroad yard.
(d) Porch.

5. In what year was the poem written?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1949.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most important thing to Ginsberg?

2. Ginsberg believed in the spirit of _________.

3. In what city is the poem set?

4. The US is often compared to what?

5. Ginsberg was a big supporter of ___________.

(see the answer key)

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