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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. HOWL can be seen as a plea for ______________.
(a) Retribution.
(b) Solidarity.
(c) Brotherly love.
(d) Help.

2. Ginsberg hopes for the return of which of the following?
(a) Martial law.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Discretion.
(d) Free will.

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

4. Ginsberg compares people to which of the following?
(a) Songs.
(b) Sunflowers.
(c) Meteors.
(d) Clouds.

5. Ginsberg has experienced which of the following?
(a) Enlightenment.
(b) Near death experience.
(c) Health issues.
(d) God's presence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the jumping off point for Ginsberg's thoughts?

2. Who shall not be defeated in the end?

3. Ginsberg believed that his generation was being destroyed by which of the following?

4. The author practices which of the following?

5. In which state did Ginsberg live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Ginsberg say about the quality of the soul? Where does it fit into the theme?

6. What question does Ginsberg ask? To what can the sunflower be compared?

7. Why did Ginsberg experience a great deal of confusion and distress during his adolescence?

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

9. What types of people are noticed by Ginsberg inside the supermarket?

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

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