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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is "Mr. Dullness" likely a reference to in the poem "A Dim View of Berkeley in the Spring"?

2. What band did Tuli Kupferberg co-found?

3. Where was Peter Orlovsky from?

4. Which poem of Amiri Baraka's describes the black music scene in Newark in the early 1960s?

5. Who "poofed into fat air" in the poem "Columbia U Poesy Reading--1975"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Ed Sanders experience after reading "Howl"?

4. How did the term "Beat" evolve into the late 50s and early 60s?

5. What is the subject of "Hymna to Archilochus"?

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

7. Who is Amiri Baraka? What contributions of his are in the anthology?

8. Who is Frank O'Hara? Is he part of the Beat movement? What works of his are in the anthology?

9. What is "Highway Ninety-Nine"?

10. Describe the irony of Peter Orlovsky's "Lepers Cry."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the works of William S. Burroughs. What common subjects and themes does Burroughs revisit? When did Burroughs begin writing?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the singer/songwriter Bob Dylan and his works in the anthology. What influences of the Beat Generation can be seen in Dylan's writing?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Lawrence Ferlinghetti's role within the Beat Generation. Where is Ferlinghetti based? What is his style of writing?

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