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
loading up their shopping cart with frozen food.
C
buying frozen goods from the grocery store.
D
marveling at the offerings available at the market.
Explanation
The speaker and his companion are “tasting artichokes” and imagining themselves “possessing every frozen delicacy,” but they “never pass[] the cashier.” That suggests they sample the food without paying, rather than actually buying or loading up a cart. The correct choice is sampling items but not paying for them.
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