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QuizMultiple Choice

Beat Poetry

Question 9 • ELA 11B-CR

Read this stanza from Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California."I heard you asking questions of each: Who killed the pork chops? What price bananas? Are you my Angel?What is happening in this stanza?

Answer
A
The speaker is imagining the questions Whitman would ask if he were there.
B
The speaker is dreaming about what goods he will be purchasing.
C
The speaker is asking the grocery clerks about the freshness of the meat and the cost of the fruit.
D
The speaker is quizzing the butcher and produce workers to see if they are knowledgeable employees.

Explanation

The speaker addresses Walt Whitman throughout the poem and imagines him wandering through the supermarket. In this stanza, the speaker pictures Whitman asking questions about the pork chops, bananas, and whether someone is an angel. So the correct choice is A: the speaker is imagining the questions Whitman would ask if he were there.

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