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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ginsberg look to as a father figure and teacher?
(a) Kerouac.
(b) Rabbi.
(c) Mother.
(d) Whitman.

2. Which part of society can be considered to be holy?
(a) Communists.
(b) Rebellious people.
(c) Addicts.
(d) Politicians.

3. What group is mentioned in the poem?
(a) Poets.
(b) Jews.
(c) Russians.
(d) Trotskyites.

4. What year was the poem written?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1949.

5. What is the most important thing to Ginsberg?
(a) God.
(b) Art.
(c) Money.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ginsberg hopes for the return of which of the following?

2. What is the final wish?

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

4. What body part is mentioned?

5. What does the item represent?

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