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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Highway Ninety-Nine begin?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Washington.
(d) New York.

2. In which song does Bob Dylan write about trying to get his piano fixed by a lazy, unionized piano tuner?
(a) "Blowin' in the Wind."
(b) "Tarantula."
(c) "Hard Rain."
(d) "Lay Lady Lady."

3. For what Los Angeles paper did Charles Bukowski write a weekly column?
(a) "The Beat Reader."
(b) "Open City."
(c) "Los Angeles Chronicle."
(d) "Angel City."

4. Who wrote the poem "Nova Express"?
(a) Gregory Corso.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) William S. Burroughs.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

5. Where was Ann Waldron born?
(a) Atlanta, GA.
(b) Birmingham, AL.
(c) Dallas, TX.
(d) Memphis, TN.

6. What poem of Brenda Frazer's is included in the anthology?
(a) "Unlisted Characters."
(b) "Thirteen Nightmares."
(c) "Poem to Lee Forest."
(d) "Lament, Lament."

7. When did Lew Welch enlist in the Army Air Corp?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1951.

8. When did Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and LeRoi Jones throw a party for the prison release of Ray Bremser?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1952.

9. "Poem from Jail" discusses the necessity of banning ____________.
(a) Communism.
(b) Pornography.
(c) Nuclear weapons.
(d) Religion.

10. Where was Lew Welch born?
(a) Lexington, KY.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Phoenix, AZ.
(d) Los Angeles, CA.

11. Who wrote "Sourdough Mountain Lookout"?
(a) Philip Whalen.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) Gregory Corso.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

12. Who is a former girlfriend of Jack Kerouac and wrote a book called "Minor Characters" about some of the lesser known people in Beat circles?
(a) Anna Smith.
(b) Carolyn Cassady.
(c) Jan Anderson.
(d) Joyce Johnson.

13. Who is the daughter of Jack Kerouac and wrote a book about her experiences?
(a) Jan Kerouac.
(b) Jessica Kerouac.
(c) Michelle Kerouac.
(d) Josephine Kerouac.

14. Which poem of Diane DiPrima's is an attack on Gary Snyder's conception of women as mere carriers of children?
(a) "Song for Baby-O."
(b) "Brass Furnace Going Out: Song, after an Abortion."
(c) "Three Laments."
(d) "The Practice of Magical Evocation."

15. In "Tales of Beatnik Glory," William Burroughs Junior writes about his experiences visiting his father in _______________.
(a) Tangiers.
(b) Casablanca.
(c) Big Sur.
(d) Tijuana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Amiri Baraka studied at what university?

2. Whom did Charles Bukowski write an article about meeting shortly before his death in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?

3. What newsletter was created by Diane DiPrima and LeRoi Jones?

4. How old is William Burroughs Junior when he first smokes marijuana in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?

5. What is "tea" in reference to in the poem "A Poem for the Tea Heads"?

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