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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Ginsberg, everything is _________.
(a) Creative.
(b) Simple.
(c) Holy.
(d) Pointless.

3. Which is the jumping off point for Ginsberg's thoughts?
(a) Moloch.
(b) Kaddish.
(c) Howl.
(d) Wild Orphan.

4. Ginsberg believed that his generation was being destroyed by which of the following?
(a) Zombies.
(b) Antipathy.
(c) Zealots.
(d) Madness.

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

6. Ginsberg saw poetry as being __________.
(a) Life-threatening.
(b) Superfluous.
(c) Art.
(d) Necessary.

7. Ginsberg visited Solomon in which city?
(a) Rochester.
(b) Albany.
(c) Utica.
(d) Paterson.

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

9. What was Ginsberg's first name?
(a) Carl.
(b) Robert.
(c) Jack.
(d) Allen.

10. Ginsberg spent a lot of time in which one of the following cities?
(a) Miami.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.

11. The author lacks in which area?
(a) Finance.
(b) Music.
(c) Patience.
(d) Talent.

12. What became Ginsberg's most famous poem?
(a) Wild Orphan.
(b) For Carl.
(c) Mexicali Blues.
(d) Howl.

13. HOWL can be seen as a plea for ______________.
(a) Help.
(b) Solidarity.
(c) Brotherly love.
(d) Retribution.

14. Who is Charon?
(a) God.
(b) Clerk.
(c) Ferryman.
(d) Ginsberg's brother.

15. Which of the following is not represented in HOWL?
(a) Justice.
(b) Peace.
(c) Atonement.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not listed as being in the abyss?

2. Which is the name of the mythical river mentioned in the poem?

3. According to Ginsberg, one can attain happiness though which of the following?

4. What does Ginsberg see in society?

5. Which of the following was very important to Ginsberg?

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