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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In the Baggage Room at Greyhound.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Solomon do for a living?
(a) Painter.
(b) Sanitation worker.
(c) Unemployed.
(d) Writer.

2. Where did Ginsberg's family come from?
(a) Israel.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Russia.
(d) Lebanon.

3. Where is it located?
(a) Porch.
(b) Living room.
(c) Railroad yard.
(d) Restaurant.

4. Ginsberg has not touched what in months?
(a) Person.
(b) Telephone.
(c) Book.
(d) Newspaper.

5. What is the main theme of the poem?
(a) Transience.
(b) Loss.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Pace of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ginsberg look to as a father figure and teacher?

2. Which first experience is referred to by Ginsberg?

3. Which is a theme in Ginsberg's column?

4. Which part of society can be considered to be holy?

5. Which of the following is not one of the things that keeps America occupied?

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