Zora Neale Hurston’s Strong Voice

Question 1

Question 1

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B

Question 2

What are the effects of Ginsberg’s list of images? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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B: They create a feeling of sensory richness.; C: They present a series of allusions.; E: They make the people seem like products in the market.

Question 3

How do the speaker and Whitman disobey the laws of consumerism?

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B: by sampling items but not paying for them

Question 4

The final line of the poem asks Whitman about the America he experienced one hundred years ago. What meaning does Ginsberg convey by ending the poem this way?

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By ending the poem with a question to Whitman about the America of a century ago, Ginsberg suggests that the "America of love" Whitman once envisioned no longer exists. He conveys a deep sense of loss, implying that Whitman would not recognize the consumerist and conformist society of the 1950s. The final imagery of the afterlife suggests that this idealized version of America is dead and that the speaker feels isolated in a modern world that lacks the spirit Whitman championed.

Question 5

Question 5

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B

Question 6

The poem reflects Ginsberg’s relationship to Whitman by showing Ginsberg’s

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A: belief that he is continuing down Whitman’s lonely path.

Question 7

Which of the following ideas did you include in your response? Check all of the boxes that apply to your answer.

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Question 8

Identify a feeling that Ginsberg conveys with his use of style, structure, and theme.

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C: a sense that the speaker feels out of place in 1950s America

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