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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. Many people in Ginsberg's generation sought to avoid what?
(a) Military draft.
(b) Religion.
(c) Rat race.
(d) Politics.

2. In the poem "mad" refers to ____________.
(a) Lust.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Anger.
(d) Release.

3. Which is a theme in Ginsberg's column?
(a) Love.
(b) Death.
(c) Defeat.
(d) Communism.

4. What job does Ginsberg perform?
(a) Supervisor.
(b) Security Guard.
(c) Baggage Clerk.
(d) Janitor.

5. People are described as being ____________.
(a) Lonely.
(b) Disheveled.
(c) Poor.
(d) Bedraggled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the natural item?

2. What was the new job for the creative?

3. The public sometimes embraced _______________.

4. Some writers ended up where?

5. What natural item is spotted by the poet?

(see the answer key)

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