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25+ MCQs on Allen Ginsberg with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration

1. When was Allen Ginsberg born?
a) 1910
b) 1922
c) 1926
d) 1932

2. Which of Allen Ginsberg’s poems is considered a defining work of the Beat Generation?
a) “Howl”
b) “Kaddish”25+ MCQs on Allen Ginsberg with Answers for UGC NET
c) “A Supermarket in California”
d) “America”

3. What literary movement is Allen Ginsberg often associated with?
a) Modernism
b) Romanticism25+ MCQs on Allen Ginsberg with Answers for UGC NET
c) Beat Generation
d) Harlem Renaissance

4. Which of the following poets was a close friend and mentor to Allen Ginsberg?
a) T.S. Eliot
b) Ezra Pound
c) William Carlos Williams
d) Langston Hughes25+ MCQs on Allen Ginsberg with Answers for UGC NET

5. What is the name of Allen Ginsberg’s most famous poem collection, first published in 1956?
a) “Howl and Other Poems”
b) “Kaddish and Other Poems”
c) “America and Other Poems”25+ MCQs on Allen Ginsberg with Answers for UGC NET
d) “Moloch and Other Poems”

6. In which city did Allen Ginsberg give his first public reading of “Howl”?
a) New York City
b) San Francisco
c) Los Angeles25+ MCQs on Allen Ginsberg with Answers for UGC NET
d) Chicago

7. What literary technique did Allen Ginsberg often employ in his poetry, particularly in “Howl”?
a) Stream of consciousness
b) Sonnet form
c) Haiku
d) Villanelle

8. Which of Allen Ginsberg’s poems is a lamentation for his mother Naomi after her death?
a) “Howl”
b) “Kaddish”
c) “A Supermarket in California”
d) “Sunflower Sutra”

9. What was the subject matter of “Howl” that led to its obscenity trial in 1957?
a) Anti-war sentiments
b) Critique of consumerism
c) Explicit language and themes
d) Religious blasphemy

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10. In “Howl,” what is the repeated phrase that begins many lines?
a) “I saw the best minds of my generation…”
b) “Holy holy holy…”
c) “America I’ve given you all and now…”
d) “What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed…”

11. Which of the following poets was not part of the Beat Generation alongside Allen Ginsberg?
a) Jack Kerouac25+ MCQs on Allen Ginsberg with Answers for UGC NET
b) Lawrence Ferlinghetti
c) Sylvia Plath
d) Gregory Corso

12. What was the name of the publishing company that first published “Howl”?
a) City Lights Books
b) Grove Press
c) New Directions
d) HarperCollins

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13. What is the central theme of Allen Ginsberg’s poem “America”?
a) Critique of capitalism and consumerism
b) Celebration of American exceptionalism
c) Love and romance25+ MCQs on Allen Ginsberg with Answers for UGC NET
d) Nature and the environment

14. Which of Allen Ginsberg’s poems explores his experiences with drug use and addiction?
a) “Howl”
b) “Kaddish”
c) “A Supermarket in California”
d) “Sunflower Sutra”

15. What is the structure of Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Kaddish”?
a) Free verse
b) Sonnet
c) Villanelle
d) Haiku

16. In which year did Allen Ginsberg pass away?
a) 1997
b) 2001
c) 2006
d) 2010

17. What religious tradition does “Kaddish” draw upon?
a) Buddhism
b) Christianity
c) Judaism
d) Hinduism

18. Which of Allen Ginsberg’s poems is addressed to Walt Whitman?
a) “Howl”
b) “Kaddish”
c) “A Supermarket in California”
d) “A Strange New Cottage in Berkeley”

19. What is the primary setting of Allen Ginsberg’s poem “A Supermarket in California”?
a) A park
b) A beach
c) A library
d) A supermarket

20. What poetic form is Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” often associated with?
a) Epic poetry
b) Sonnet
c) Villanelle
d) Free verse

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21. In “Howl,” what does Allen Ginsberg describe as “angelheaded hipsters”?
a) The conformists of society
b) The intellectuals and poets
c) The rebels and nonconformists
d) The political activists

22. What was Allen Ginsberg’s response to the obscenity trial surrounding “Howl”?
a) He defended the poem vigorously in court.
b) He withdrew the poem from publication.
c) He apologized and agreed to make revisions.
d) He refused to attend the trial.

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23. Which of Allen Ginsberg’s poems is a tribute to his friend Carl Solomon, whom he met in a psychiatric institution?
a) “Howl”
b) “Kaddish”
c) “A Supermarket in California”
d) “Sunflower Sutra”

24. What is the primary theme of Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Sunflower Sutra”?
a) Environmental degradation
b) Love and loss
c) Urban decay
d) Political revolution

25. Which literary movement did Allen Ginsberg help to define and popularize?
a) Romanticism
b) Transcendentalism
c) Beat Generation
d) Harlem Renaissance

Answers

1. c) 1926
2. a) “Howl”
3. c) Beat Generation
4. c) William Carlos Williams
5. a) “Howl and Other Poems”
6. a) New York City
7. a) Stream of consciousness
8. b) “Kaddish”
9. c) Explicit language and themes
10. a) “I saw the best minds of my generation…”
11. c) Sylvia Plath
12. a) City Lights Books
13. a) Critique of capitalism and consumerism
14. d) “Sunflower Sutra”25+ MCQs on Allen Ginsberg with Answers for UGC NET
15. a) Free verse
16. a) 199725+ MCQs on Allen Ginsberg with Answers for UGC NET
17. c) Judaism
18. c) “A Supermarket in California”25+ MCQs on Allen Ginsberg with Answers for UGC NET
19. d) A supermarket
20. d) Free verse
21. c) The rebels and nonconformists
22. a) He defended the poem vigorously in court.
23. b) “Kaddish”
24. c) Urban decay
25. c) Beat Generation