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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ginsberg wander?
(a) Produce aisle.
(b) Streets.
(c) Hospital.
(d) Train station.

2. Which of the following is not listed as being in the abyss?
(a) Materialism.
(b) Emptiness.
(c) Frustration.
(d) War.

3. Which adjective best describes Ginsberg?
(a) Rude.
(b) Perplexed.
(c) Distraught.
(d) Melancholy.

4. Which word is the best to describe the result of people's desire?
(a) Abyss.
(b) Self-absorption.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Foolish.

5. Ginsberg believed in the spirit of _________.
(a) Communism.
(b) Art.
(c) Love.
(d) Patriotism.

6. According to Ginsberg, one can attain happiness though which of the following?
(a) Designer clothes.
(b) Money.
(c) Social position.
(d) Choice.

7. What profession does this person practice?
(a) Dramatist.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Farmworker.

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

9. What is the surname of the friend mentioned in the poem?
(a) Corso.
(b) Kerouac.
(c) Burroughs.
(d) Williams.

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

11. If people are not careful they will end up experiencing which one of the following?
(a) Hell.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Empty lives.
(d) Death.

12. The time period takes place after which event?
(a) Summit at Yalta.
(b) WW II.
(c) WW I.
(d) 1948 Olympics.

13. The public sometimes embraced _______________.
(a) Religious nuts.
(b) Orgies.
(c) Sit-ins.
(d) Communist ideals.

14. Ginsberg is suffering from which ailment?
(a) Headache.
(b) Cold.
(c) Sciatica.
(d) Sprained ankle.

15. The poet asks questions of whom?
(a) Stock boys.
(b) Mother.
(c) Clerk.
(d) Cop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the item represent?

2. According to Ginsberg what is related to "quiet beauty?"

3. Ginsberg wants people to find _______________.

4. Who is Charon?

5. What is the man's first name?

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