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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many institutions believe that ___ was/were the answer.
(a) Money.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) War.
(d) Drugs.

2. Ginsberg spent a lot of time in which one of the following cities?
(a) Miami.
(b) New York.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Los Angeles.

3. Which place is referred to in the poem?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) Lost America.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Olympus.

4. Which word is the best to describe the result of people's desire?
(a) Self-absorption.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Abyss.
(d) Foolish.

5. Which of the following did Ginsberg find to be prevalent in society?
(a) Cruelty.
(b) Dishonesty.
(c) Contradictions.
(d) Experimentation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ginsberg sees a need for which of the following?

2. People often attempted to deaden their ______________.

3. According to Ginsberg, one can attain happiness though which of the following?

4. If people are not careful they will end up experiencing which one of the following?

5. What does the friend point out to Ginsberg?

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