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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Ginsberg sees the racks as being created to keep what together?
(a) Trunks.
(b) Dry cleaning.
(c) Coats.
(d) People.

3. In what year was the poem written?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1951.

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

5. At the end of the poem Ginsberg laments ___________.
(a) Running out of food.
(b) Hangover.
(c) Lost friendship.
(d) Being unfilled.

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

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

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

9. What is constructed in the poem?
(a) Sacrifice.
(b) Soul.
(c) Industry.
(d) Miracle.

10. What spiritual leader is mentioned in the poem?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Buddha.
(c) Moses.
(d) Jesus.

11. What is overwhelming to Ginsberg?
(a) Religion.
(b) Industry.
(c) Politics.
(d) Pollution.

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

13. What is an asphodel?
(a) Star.
(b) Sea creature.
(c) Jewish relic.
(d) Flower.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the place mentioned?

2. Ginsberg's idea of the country could be related best to which of the following?

3. How are people's lives described?

4. What is one of the main complaints about the job?

5. People are described as being ____________.

(see the answer keys)

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