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We strode down the open corridors together in our solitary fancy tasting artichokes, possessing every frozen delicacy, and never passing the cashier.

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sampling items but not paying for them.
b
buying frozen goods from the grocery store.
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loading up their shopping cart with frozen food.
m
marveling at the offerings available at the market.
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In the poem "A Supermarket in California," Ginsberg most likely uses free verse to show

A
the role that jazz music played in the Beat movement.
B
the influence that Walt Whitman had in his life.
C
his rebellious attitude toward uniformity in American culture.
D
his desire to be part of mainstream society.
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Wives in the avocados, babies in the tomatoes!—and you, Garcia Lorca, what were you doing down by the watermelons?

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show his respect for Lorca for being an unconventional poet.
c
celebrate his affinity for Spanish culture and language.
e
explain his confusion over Lorca’s desire for cultural conformity.
d
describe their role in contributing to consumerism in the United States.
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Read this excerpt from Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California."Where are we going, Walt Whitman? The doors close in an hour. Which way does your beard point tonight?(I touch your book and dream of our odyssey in the supermarket and feel absurd.)Will we walk all night through solitary streets? The trees add shade to shade, lights out in the houses, we’ll both be lonely. Why does Ginsberg most likely make an allusion to Walt Whitman in this excerpt?

A
to support Ginsberg and Whitman’s close friendship
B
to show Ginsberg’s esteem for Whitman and his work
C
to hint at Ginsberg’s embarrassment at his own behavior
D
to share Ginsberg’s desire to live during Whitman’s lifetime
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Read this stanza 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. Ginsberg most likely uses long-line free verse here to

A
draw attention to the poem’s patterns of rhyme and meter.
B
express his thoughts freely and without constraints.
C
keep the content of the poem simple and easy to imagine.
D
show his desire to return to an unassuming existence.
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What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman, for I walked down the sidestreets under the trees with a headache self-conscious looking at the full moon.

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The long-line structure serves as an introduction to the narrative.
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The long-line structure provides background for the allusion.
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The long-line structure imitates stream-of-conscious thought.
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The long-line structure allows for predictable rhyme schemes.
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I saw you, Walt Whitman, childless, lonely old grubber, poking among the meats in the refrigerator.

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to suggest a knowledge of Walt Whitman and his poetic devices
t
to suggest an interest in Walt Whitman and his shopping habits
t
to suggest a critical judgement against Walt Whitman and other poets
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to suggest a familiarity and kinship with Walt Whitman and other outcasts

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