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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The friend equates what to the item?
(a) Birth.
(b) Holiness.
(c) Glory.
(d) Sadness.

2. One of the main themes in the poem is __________.
(a) The Great Depression.
(b) Progress.
(c) Faith.
(d) Beauty.

3. The author recognizes what about the item?
(a) Strength.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Loss.
(d) Delicacy.

4. Who is seen by Ginsberg?
(a) President.
(b) Prostitute.
(c) Creator.
(d) Burglar.

5. According to Ginsberg what is related to "quiet beauty?"
(a) Home.
(b) Sleeping child.
(c) Breeze.
(d) Soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Charon?

2. What is the friend's first name?

3. Ginsberg spent a lot of time in which one of the following cities?

4. The public sometimes embraced _______________.

5. What was the new job for the creative?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Williams and Ginsberg, how is it possible for love to survive?

2. Do you think that Ginsberg is being realistic in regards to this concept? Is there anything negative in the holiness?

3. How does Ginsberg compare the flower to the locomotive? What is the symbolism/metaphor?

4. What mystical reference is made by Ginsberg? Does Ginsberg want to keep it a secret?

5. Discuss Ginsberg's view of creative people who had to go to work in order to survive.

6. Name at least two themes used in SUNFLOWER SUTRA. How do you know?

7. Who is William Carlos Williams?

8. What is the purpose of the vision? Does Ginsberg understand this purpose?

9. What kinds of things are represented by the flower? What is Ginsberg able to see that is no longer present?

10. Ginsberg spends a great deal of time talking about what is holy. What are the poet's thoughts on the subject?

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