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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. How are people's lives described?
(a) Absurd.
(b) Overwhelming.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Vacant.

2. Who uses the building most?
(a) Highway workers.
(b) Switchman.
(c) Sailors.
(d) Factory workers.

3. At the end of the poem Ginsberg laments ___________.
(a) Being unfilled.
(b) Lost friendship.
(c) Running out of food.
(d) Hangover.

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

5. What word is used to describe the racks?
(a) Old.
(b) Rickety.
(c) Shiny.
(d) Empty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ginsberg talks about his job in relation to which of the following?

2. With what might one become obsessed?

3. Where does the poem take place?

4. Who is with Ginsberg in the poem?

5. How does Ginsberg feel about the use of a particular weapon by government?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what room in his apartment does the poet talk about his needs? What is his condition?

2. How does the theme affect each person? Where does it appear?

3. What is the child's condition and outlook upon his surroundings?

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

5. What is the burden one must carry? How should one react to this burden?

6. What is at least one of Ginsberg's comments about the racks and baggage?

7. What is one of the main things that Ginsberg opposes during this time?

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

9. What is Ginsberg's comment about immigrants and their treatment in America?

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

(see the answer keys)

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