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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is out walking?
(a) Girl and a boy.
(b) Mother and child.
(c) Boy and his dog.
(d) Two boys.

3. What natural item is spotted by the poet?
(a) Stone.
(b) Flower.
(c) Beaver.
(d) Bird.

4. People are described as being ____________.
(a) Lonely.
(b) Poor.
(c) Disheveled.
(d) Bedraggled.

5. Which word best describes the child?
(a) Carefree.
(b) Nostalgic.
(c) Happy.
(d) Studious.

6. What has impaired Ginsberg's mental condition?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Concussion.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Remorse.

7. Ginsberg believes that America is which of the following?
(a) Broke.
(b) Perfect.
(c) Sadly mistaken.
(d) Corrupt.

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

9. Who uses the building most?
(a) Highway workers.
(b) Sailors.
(c) Factory workers.
(d) Switchman.

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

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

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

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

14. A main theme of the poem is ______________.
(a) Religion.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Love.
(d) Transience.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "mad" refers to ____________.

2. How far away is the child's father?

3. What is the name of the place mentioned?

4. How are people's lives described?

5. Where does the poem take place?

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