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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. What year was the poem written?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1949.

2. What is one of the main complaints about the job?
(a) Low wages.
(b) Long hours.
(c) Room is too cold.
(d) Mean people.

3. What do they walk by?
(a) Orphanage.
(b) Dead flowers.
(c) Cat.
(d) Railroad.

4. What word is used to describe the racks?
(a) Old.
(b) Empty.
(c) Rickety.
(d) Shiny.

5. At the end of the poem Ginsberg laments ___________.
(a) Being unfilled.
(b) Running out of food.
(c) Lost friendship.
(d) Hangover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What body of water is nearby?

2. Ginsberg believes that America is which of the following?

3. How many packages are left on the cart?

4. What is the name of the place mentioned?

5. Ginsberg had an ambition to become which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the burden one must carry? How should one react to this burden?

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

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

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

10. What is the setting for this poem? When was it written?

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