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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of building is mentioned?
(a) Shack.
(b) Toll booth.
(c) Skyscraper.
(d) Marina.

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

4. What word is used to describe the racks?
(a) Rickety.
(b) Shiny.
(c) Old.
(d) Empty.

5. How are people's lives described?
(a) Foolish.
(b) Overwhelming.
(c) Vacant.
(d) Absurd.

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

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

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

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

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

11. In which season was the poem written?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Spring.

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

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

14. What is the main theme of the poem?
(a) Loss.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Transience.
(d) Pace of life.

15. How many packages are left on the cart?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is out walking?

2. The boy often has what?

3. In the poem, the poet sees himself in what room?

4. Where do the people live?

5. What was a hobby of the father's?

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