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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Earlier poems: Song.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Ginsberg, one can attain happiness though which of the following?
(a) Social position.
(b) Choice.
(c) Money.
(d) Designer clothes.

3. Ginsberg refers to which live object?
(a) Trees.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Weeds.
(d) Snakes.

4. Which segment of the population is referred to by Ginsberg?
(a) Middle class.
(b) Poor.
(c) Rich.
(d) Homeless.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ginsberg laments the loss of which of the following?

2. Who shall not be defeated in the end?

3. HOWL can be seen as a plea for ______________.

4. What profession does this person practice?

5. How does Ginsberg feel about the use of a particular weapon by government?

(see the answer key)

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