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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ginsberg's idea of the country could be related best to which of the following?
(a) Death.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Utopia.
(d) Prison.

2. To what does Ginsberg compare the natural item?
(a) Greed.
(b) Industry.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Love.

3. What is the name of the person who pushes the cart?
(a) Melody.
(b) Anderson.
(c) Leroy.
(d) Spade.

4. What is one of the main complaints about the job?
(a) Mean people.
(b) Low wages.
(c) Long hours.
(d) Room is too cold.

5. What color is used to describe fate?
(a) Red.
(b) Gray.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

6. In the poem, the poet sees himself in what room?
(a) Living room.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Airport waiting room.
(d) Bathroom.

7. How far away is the child's father?
(a) 25 miles.
(b) 1000 miles.
(c) 150 miles.
(d) 3 blocks.

8. Who is with Ginsberg in the poem?
(a) Kerouac.
(b) No one.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Whitman.

9. What famous magazine is mentioned?
(a) Field and Stream.
(b) Time.
(c) Life.
(d) Popular Mechanics.

10. What relative is mentioned in the poem?
(a) Cousin Carl.
(b) Uncle Max.
(c) Aunt Ethel.
(d) Brother Jacob.

11. Where did Ginsberg's family come from?
(a) Russia.
(b) Israel.
(c) Lebanon.
(d) Turkey.

12. Ginsberg had an ambition to become which of the following?
(a) Rabbi.
(b) President.
(c) Cartoonist.
(d) Sailor.

13. What symbolic item is mentioned?
(a) Crown of thorns.
(b) Bhodi tree.
(c) Red Sea.
(d) Arc of the Covenant.

14. What are the people waiting for?
(a) Taxis.
(b) A storm to pass.
(c) Los Angeles Express.
(d) Delta Flight 603.

15. Where is the child's father?
(a) Dead.
(b) Working.
(c) Jail.
(d) Flophouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a place where the boy searches for solace?

2. What natural item is spotted by the poet?

3. What is constructed in the poem?

4. In what city is the poem set?

5. What spiritual leader is mentioned in the poem?

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