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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word best describes Ginsberg's attitude about the specific weapon?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Joy.
(c) Loathing.
(d) Abhorrence.

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

3. What does Ginsberg dream about?
(a) Satiating desires.
(b) Flying.
(c) Becoming rich.
(d) Sailing the high seas.

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

5. What does Ginsberg compare to an asphodel?
(a) Suffering.
(b) Pain.
(c) Desire.
(d) Love.

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

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

8. People may also become obsessed with ____________.
(a) Machines.
(b) Politics.
(c) Money.
(d) Cars.

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

10. What is the final wish?
(a) Death.
(b) Peace.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Love.

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

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

13. The poem talks about returning to what?
(a) Hell.
(b) Body.
(c) The earth.
(d) Heaven.

14. What emotion do we carry through life?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Hate.
(c) Anger.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is not a main theme of the poem?

2. A main theme of the poem is ______________.

3. What kind of transportation line is Greyhound?

4. Where is the child's father?

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

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