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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. Ginsberg believes that America is which of the following?
(a) Corrupt.
(b) Perfect.
(c) Sadly mistaken.
(d) Broke.

2. The boy often has what?
(a) Hysterical blindness.
(b) Temper tantrums.
(c) Hallucinations.
(d) Seizures.

3. Who is out walking?
(a) Two boys.
(b) Mother and child.
(c) Boy and his dog.
(d) Girl and a boy.

4. People are described as being ____________.
(a) Lonely.
(b) Disheveled.
(c) Bedraggled.
(d) Poor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the people waiting for?

2. To what does Ginsberg compare the natural item?

3. Who is with Ginsberg in the poem?

4. What relative is mentioned in the poem?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What path of thought does the item inspire?

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

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

5. Aside from housing personal baggage, what does Ginsberg believe is the purpose of the racks?

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

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

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

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

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

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