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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. Which word best describes the child?
(a) Nostalgic.
(b) Studious.
(c) Carefree.
(d) Happy.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used to describe the racks?

2. What job does Ginsberg perform?

3. According to Ginsberg, people's bags are filled with what?

4. How many packages are left on the cart?

5. What is the final wish?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Ginsberg's comment about immigrants and their treatment in America?

3. What is the poet's feeling about physical passion and the enjoyment of it?

4. How does the theme affect each person? Where does it appear?

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

6. How long will Ginsberg continue to work at Greyhound? What is his opinion of the wage and capitalism?

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

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

9. What is one of the main themes in this poem? To what does Ginsberg compare the flower?

10. What item catches Ginsberg's eye? Where is it?

(see the answer keys)

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