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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is known as changing something to make it work for you?
(a) Transportation.
(b) Transcription.
(c) Transmutation.
(d) Transference.

2. According to Ginsberg, everything is _________.
(a) Simple.
(b) Pointless.
(c) Holy.
(d) Creative.

3. Which adjective is the best to describe HOWL?
(a) Pointless.
(b) Unsettling.
(c) Controversial.
(d) Arresting.

4. Ginsberg believes that people should focus on ________________.
(a) Family.
(b) God.
(c) Charity.
(d) How they treat each other.

5. Ginsberg compares people to which of the following?
(a) Sunflowers.
(b) Meteors.
(c) Songs.
(d) Clouds.

6. Who is seen by Ginsberg?
(a) Prostitute.
(b) Burglar.
(c) President.
(d) Creator.

7. The US is often compared to what?
(a) Locomotive.
(b) Communist.
(c) Infallible.
(d) Eagle.

8. One of the main themes in the poem is __________.
(a) Progress.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Faith.
(d) The Great Depression.

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

10. The friend refers to the item as a ____________.
(a) Specter.
(b) Thought.
(c) Reminder.
(d) Shadow.

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

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

13. Atop which item does the thing rest?
(a) Etch-a-Sketch.
(b) Book.
(c) Window sill.
(d) Pile of sawdust.

14. Which adjective best describes Ginsberg?
(a) Rude.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Perplexed.
(d) Distraught.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Ginsberg's first name?

3. Which part of a person is referred to in the footnote?

4. What religion is practiced by Ginsberg?

5. Ginsberg thinks about which famous poet?

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