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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ginsberg imagine seeing in the supermarket?
(a) Lorca.
(b) Kerouac.
(c) Burroughs.
(d) Nerudi.

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

3. Which of the following is not one of the things that keeps America occupied?
(a) Integrity.
(b) Oil.
(c) Money.
(d) Bombs.

4. Ginsberg believes that it is important to be which of the following?
(a) Observant.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Grateful.

5. To Ginsberg, riches have little or nothing to do with which of the following?
(a) Bloodline.
(b) Profession.
(c) Money.
(d) Class system.

6. What is known as changing something to make it work for you?
(a) Transcription.
(b) Transportation.
(c) Transmutation.
(d) Transference.

7. Many institutions believe that ___ was/were the answer.
(a) War.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Money.

8. The author recognizes what about the item?
(a) Delicacy.
(b) Loss.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Strength.

9. Where is it located?
(a) Railroad yard.
(b) Living room.
(c) Porch.
(d) Restaurant.

10. Which is the name of the mythical river mentioned in the poem?
(a) Tigris.
(b) Acheron.
(c) Cocytus.
(d) Lethe.

11. Which segment of the population is referred to by Ginsberg?
(a) Homeless.
(b) Rich.
(c) Poor.
(d) Middle class.

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

13. Next to which product is the character seen?
(a) Watermelon.
(b) Scrapple.
(c) Bread.
(d) Cheese.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ginsberg refers to which live object?

2. Ginsberg stated that the meeting with Solomon was ____________.

3. Ginsberg saw poetry as being __________.

4. Which mode of transportation is nearby?

5. What is the theme of the poem?

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