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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. This emotion is always present where?
(a) In dreams.
(b) Everywhere.
(c) In the heart of a child.
(d) In the back of one's mind.

2. What are the people waiting for?
(a) A storm to pass.
(b) Taxis.
(c) Los Angeles Express.
(d) Delta Flight 603.

3. In the poem "mad" refers to ____________.
(a) Anger.
(b) Lust.
(c) Release.
(d) Insanity.

4. What is an asphodel?
(a) Sea creature.
(b) Flower.
(c) Star.
(d) Jewish relic.

5. What group is mentioned in the poem?
(a) Russians.
(b) Trotskyites.
(c) Poets.
(d) Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has sacrificed itself?

2. Where did Ginsberg's family come from?

3. What job does Ginsberg perform?

4. Which of the following is not a place where the boy searches for solace?

5. What does Ginsberg compare to an asphodel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is at least one of Ginsberg's comments about the racks and baggage?

2. What is the point of the poem? What is the poet's conclusion?

3. What is the child's condition and outlook upon his surroundings?

4. How should one behave in the giving and receiving of love? Where does this habit originate?

5. When was AN ASPHODEL written and what is the main theme of the poem?

6. How does the poem end? What is the inference of things to come?

7. What are the setting and characters featured in the poem? What is the main activity?

8. What is one of the main things that Ginsberg opposes during this time?

9. What is the child thinking about? How does it relate to his family?

10. In what room in his apartment does the poet talk about his needs? What is his condition?

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