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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 job does Ginsberg perform?
(a) Janitor.
(b) Supervisor.
(c) Baggage Clerk.
(d) Security Guard.

2. What emotion do we carry through life?
(a) Anger.
(b) Hate.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Love.

3. Which word best describes Ginsberg's attitude about the specific weapon?
(a) Abhorrence.
(b) Joy.
(c) Loathing.
(d) Curiosity.

4. What is the weapon?
(a) Atomic bomb.
(b) Nuclear bomb.
(c) Pellet gun.
(d) Chemical warfare.

5. Who uses the building most?
(a) Highway workers.
(b) Factory workers.
(c) Sailors.
(d) Switchman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is used to describe fate?

2. What body of water is nearby?

3. What symbolic item is mentioned?

4. People may also become obsessed with ____________.

5. What word is used to describe the racks?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What childhood memory of politics does Ginsberg recall? How do those memories affect the present?

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

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

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

7. What is an asphodel? How does it compare to Ginsberg's concept of desire?

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

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

10. Where does Ginsberg work in this poem? What is his position? What are people waiting for?

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