Allen Ginsberg’s Poetry Quizzes

Allen Ginsberg's Poetry Quiz 1

By Lane Davis · Edited by Damien Chazelle · Last reviewed December 31, 2009

1 Ginsberg's original version of "Howl" was composed of how many parts?

2

4

1

3
2 Ginsberg's family immigrated to America from which country?

Italy

Russia

Germany

Greece
3 Who is said to be the "hero" of Ginsberg's poem, "Howl?"

Neal Cassady

Jack Kerouac

Carl Solomon

Peter Orlovsky
4 Ginsberg is traditionally associated with what literary movement?

The Beat Poets

The Hippie Poets

The Flower Children

The Romantic Poets
5 In "A Supermarket in California," which poet does Ginsberg think of and converse with?

Ezra Pound

William Carlos Williams

Walt Whitman

William Blake
6 What food does Carl Solomon throw at a CCNY lecturer, as depicted in "Howl?"

Onion Rings

Potato Salad

Baked Beans

Potato Chips
7 What University did Ginsberg attend?

Princeton

Columbia

Yale

Harvard
8 Who is named as the evil antagonist in "Howl?"

Adonis

Voldemort

Moloch

Jehovah
9 Which political affiliation best describes Ginsberg's political views?

Communism

Fascism

Monarchy

Democracy
10 Which city, in "Howl," does Ginsberg give religious symbolism?

San Francisco

Houston

New York

Denver
11 Who were the Scottsboro Boys?

a group of baseball players that won championships in the 1940's

A group of African Americans wrongly convicted for crimes they did not committ

a group of poets and artists in New York City in the 1950's

members of the Spanish Loyalist movement
12 Neal Cassady appears as the hero in which of these other Beat works?

America

Naked Lunch

Happenstance

On the Road
13 Which word best describes what a "penumbra" is?

sun

eclipse

tarpaulin

sack cloth
14 Which Beatnik does Ginsberg tell us walked through the snow until his feet bled?

Kerouac

Cassady

Huncke

Burroughs
15 Which Beat writer moved to Tangiers to escape lawful prosecution?

Burroughs

Cassady

Huncke

Kerouac
16 A long line in Ginsberg's poetry is meant to be spoken:

over the course of a minute.

in one breath.

in two breaths.

none of the above
17 What bookstore first published "Howl and Other Poems?"

City Lights Books

Barnes and Noble

San Francisco Books

Powells Books
18 Which religious tradition was Ginsberg originally from?

Christianity

Judaism

Islam

Buddhism
19 Which industrial tycoon does Ginsberg cite in "America?"

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Larry Miles

Henry Ford

Warren Buffett
20 Which repeated word provides the refrain for "Footnote to Howl?"

Rockland

Truth!

Holy

Moloch
21 Which definition would best describe an Adonis?

a tired man

a sexualized woman

a beautiful youth

a forgetful person
22 Which bridge is depicted as a scene of attempted suicide in "Howl?"

The Brooklyn Bridge

The Bridge to Nowhere

The Golden Gate Bridge

The George Washington Bridge
23 Who did Ginsberg see "destroyed by madness, starving / hysterical naked...?"

the starving middleclass

the best minds of his generation

the jazzmen of San Francisco

the beatiful people of Manhattan
24 Ginsberg created the creature Moloch after having a drug induced vision of what?

a cactus

a factory

a car

a building
25 Which would not be considered a major theme of "A Strange New Cottage in Berkeley?"

the corruption of the natural world

the beauty of the natural world

the devastation of insanity

the mind expanding powers of drugs

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