Saturday, October 1, 2011

Allen Ginsberg Quiz

Test your knowledge! Find out how much you know about Allen Ginsberg - and how little these two students did! Was he a part of the Bolshevik Revolution, or the Peace Movement? Was he a contemporary of Yeats, or Wordsworth? Transcriptions below.



1. Bolshevik Revolution
2, 3. [no answer]
4, 5. [no answer]
6, 7, 8. [no answer]
9. Yeats
10. Russia
Bonus: -Used theme of love in writing [teacher comment: Kind of.]



1. Romanticism Peace Movement
2, 3. Yeats, Wordsworth
4, 5. "From Howl Howl" and "To Aunt Rose" [ed. comment: He was likely reading an excerpted version of the poem, which was labeled "from Howl". He was still given full credit for this answer.]
6, 7, 8. World War II / Spanish Civil War / World War I [unintelligible]
9. Fant[?] Wordsworth
10. England
Bonus: He was born in 1926 and is still alive today. [ed. comment: He was indeed born in 1926, but he had died a year or two before this quiz was administered.]

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