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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What famous magazine is mentioned?
(a) Field and Stream.
(b) Popular Mechanics.
(c) Time.
(d) Life.

3. What does Ginsberg compare to an asphodel?
(a) Suffering.
(b) Pain.
(c) Desire.
(d) Love.

4. In the poem, the room in which Ginsberg lies is:
(a) Loud.
(b) Bright.
(c) Dark.
(d) Silent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ginsberg's idea of the country could be related best to which of the following?

2. What word is used to describe the racks?

3. Which word best describes the child?

4. Ginsberg has not touched what in months?

5. What has impaired Ginsberg's mental condition?

Short Essay Questions

1. What childhood memory of politics does Ginsberg recall? How do those memories affect the present?

2. What is one of the main themes in this poem? To what does Ginsberg compare the flower?

3. What is the setting for this poem? When was it written?

4. What is the child thinking about? How does it relate to his family?

5. What is the poet's feeling about physical passion and the enjoyment of it?

6. What are the setting and characters featured in the poem? What is the main activity?

7. What item catches Ginsberg's eye? Where is it?

8. Aside from housing personal baggage, what does Ginsberg believe is the purpose of the racks?

9. How should one behave in the giving and receiving of love? Where does this habit originate?

10. What is the main theme of this poem? What is the poet's opinion of the theme?

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