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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. Who does Ginsberg look to as a father figure and teacher?
(a) Kerouac.
(b) Rabbi.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Mother.

2. Ginsberg makes it a point to embrace which of the following?
(a) Education.
(b) Sheet music.
(c) Nature.
(d) Cello.

3. Some writers ended up where?
(a) Madison Avenue.
(b) In the Bowery.
(c) California.
(d) Brooklyn.

4. Which of the following is not required to persevere?
(a) Faith.
(b) Fortitude.
(c) Courage.
(d) Wit.

5. Ginsberg was a big supporter of ___________.
(a) Jazz.
(b) Change.
(c) The establishment.
(d) Underground movements.

Short Answer Questions

1. The US is often compared to what?

2. The author is not _____________.

3. According to Ginsberg, everything is _________.

4. What was Ginsberg's first name?

5. In what condition is the item?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ginsberg's dream about being with Whitman in the store?

2. What is the setting for Sunflower Sutra? What do the men dream about in regards to the scene?

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

4. What was Ginsberg's relationship to Carl Solomon?

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

6. How does the poet speak about the people of his generation?

7. Which things mentioned in the beginning of the poem bring serenity to the author?

8. What common object is spotted by Kerouac? Where? What is Ginsberg's reaction?

9. What is Ginsberg's first encounter with Whitman?

10. How does Ginsberg relate holiness to people?

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