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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) Carefree.
(b) Happy.
(c) Studious.
(d) Nostalgic.

2. How are people's lives described?
(a) Absurd.
(b) Overwhelming.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Vacant.

3. What is constructed in the poem?
(a) Soul.
(b) Miracle.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Industry.

4. What color is used to describe fate?
(a) Red.
(b) Gray.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

5. How many packages are left on the cart?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the child's father?

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

3. What type of building is mentioned?

4. With what might one become obsessed?

5. In the poem "mad" refers to ____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the main theme of this poem? What is the poet's opinion of the theme?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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