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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ginsberg dream about?
(a) Becoming rich.
(b) Satiating desires.
(c) Flying.
(d) Sailing the high seas.

2. What is one of the main complaints about the job?
(a) Room is too cold.
(b) Mean people.
(c) Long hours.
(d) Low wages.

3. What are the people waiting for?
(a) Taxis.
(b) Los Angeles Express.
(c) A storm to pass.
(d) Delta Flight 603.

4. What body part is mentioned?
(a) Head.
(b) Foot.
(c) Hand.
(d) Leg.

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

6. How many packages are left on the cart?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

7. In which season was the poem written?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

8. In the poem, the poet sees himself in what room?
(a) Living room.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Bathroom.
(d) Airport waiting room.

9. Where is the child's father?
(a) Working.
(b) Flophouse.
(c) Jail.
(d) Dead.

10. Which word best describes the child?
(a) Happy.
(b) Nostalgic.
(c) Studious.
(d) Carefree.

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

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

13. People may also become obsessed with ____________.
(a) Politics.
(b) Machines.
(c) Cars.
(d) Money.

14. What kind of transportation line is Greyhound?
(a) Train.
(b) Airport.
(c) Car service.
(d) Bus.

15. What body of water is nearby?
(a) River.
(b) Stream.
(c) Puddle.
(d) Ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. This emotion is always present where?

2. What has impaired Ginsberg's mental condition?

3. Who is out walking?

4. How are people's lives described?

5. To what does Ginsberg compare the natural item?

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