Read this excerpt from Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California."We strode down the open corridors together in our solitary fancy tasting artichokes, possessing every frozen delicacy, and never passing the cashier. In this excerpt, the speaker of the poem and his imaginary companion are
Answer
A
sampling items but not paying for them.
B
buying frozen goods from the grocery store.
C
loading up their shopping cart with frozen food.
D
marveling at the offerings available at the market.
Explanation
The speaker and his companion imagine tasting the food and possessing the delicacies, but they never go through the cashier. That means they are sampling items without paying for them, rather than actually buying or loading groceries into a cart. The correct choice is “sampling items but not paying for them.”
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