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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year was the poem written?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1957.

2. In what city is the poem set?
(a) New York.
(b) Guadalajara.
(c) San Jose.
(d) Paris.

3. According to Ginsberg, people's bags are filled with what?
(a) Promise.
(b) Tragedy.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Hope.

4. What was a hobby of the father's?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Trains.
(c) Boats.
(d) Hot rods.

5. What group is mentioned in the poem?
(a) Trotskyites.
(b) Poets.
(c) Jews.
(d) Russians.

6. Which of the following is not a place where the boy searches for solace?
(a) Sex.
(b) Religion.
(c) Mythology.
(d) Love.

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

8. What body of water is nearby?
(a) Puddle.
(b) River.
(c) Ocean.
(d) Stream.

9. What has sacrificed itself?
(a) Poor man.
(b) Flower.
(c) Sparrow.
(d) Martyr.

10. This emotion is inherent in what?
(a) Human heart.
(b) The ether.
(c) The air.
(d) The soul.

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

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

13. What is the weapon?
(a) Pellet gun.
(b) Atomic bomb.
(c) Chemical warfare.
(d) Nuclear bomb.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an asphodel?

2. People are described as being ____________.

3. How are people's lives described?

4. In the poem, the room in which Ginsberg lies is:

5. Which word best describes the child?

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