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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. Ginsberg has experienced which of the following?
(a) Health issues.
(b) Near death experience.
(c) God's presence.
(d) Enlightenment.

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

3. People often attempted to deaden their ______________.
(a) Sexual urges.
(b) Confusion.
(c) True nature.
(d) Anguish.

4. What is an asphodel?
(a) Flower.
(b) Star.
(c) Jewish relic.
(d) Sea creature.

5. Ginsberg makes it a point to embrace which of the following?
(a) Education.
(b) Cello.
(c) Nature.
(d) Sheet music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of building is mentioned?

2. Ginsberg compares people to which of the following?

3. In what city is the poem set?

4. What became Ginsberg's most famous poem?

5. Which movement is pervading America according to Solomon?

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