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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 group is mentioned in the poem?
(a) Trotskyites.
(b) Poets.
(c) Jews.
(d) Russians.

2. The song is inspired by whom?
(a) God.
(b) Child.
(c) Father.
(d) Mother.

3. Where did Ginsberg's family come from?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Russia.
(c) Lebanon.
(d) Israel.

4. Ginsberg wants people to find _______________.
(a) Consciousness.
(b) Kindness.
(c) God.
(d) A bar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word best describes the child?

2. Ginsberg saw poetry as being __________.

3. What do they walk by?

4. The public sometimes embraced _______________.

5. What word is used to describe the racks?

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