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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Dinners and Nightmares"?
(a) Carolyn Cassady.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) Diane DiPrima.

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

3. The poem "The Night Is a Space of White Marble" describes a wild experience in __________.
(a) Californa.
(b) Canada.
(c) New York.
(d) Mexico.

4. "1001 Ways to Beat the Draft" was originally a _____________.
(a) Pamphlet.
(b) Visual art installment.
(c) Poem.
(d) Novel.

5. Which poem of Amiri Baraka's describes the black music scene in Newark in the early 1960s?
(a) "In Memory of Radio."
(b) "The Screamers."
(c) "Three Laments."
(d) "Way Out West."

Short Answer Questions

1. Amiri Baraka studied at what university?

2. What poem of Brenda Frazer's is included in the anthology?

3. To whom was Brenda Frazer formerly married?

4. What was the name of Gary Snyder's father?

5. With whom did Brenda Frazer travel to Mexico City in the 1960s?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Bob Dylan? What contributions of his are in the anthology?

2. Who is Brenda Frazer? What is "Poem to Lee Forest" about?

3. What does Bukowski insinuate about Neal Cassady in "Notes of a Dirty Old Man"?

4. What is the subject of "Kentucky Ham"?

5. What is "Nova Express" about?

6. Who is Gary Snyder? What settings appear in his work?

7. Describe the author and subject of "Poet of the Streets."

8. Who is Ray Bremser? What is the subject of "Funny Lotus Blues..."?

9. What artistic and literary allusions are in "The Canticle of Jack Kerouac"?

10. What symbolism is evident in the works of Bob Dylan? What do these symbols represent?

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