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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. What does Jack say he should have done more of while on Desolation Peak?
(a) Observed beauty.
(b) Meditated.
(c) Prayed and repented.
(d) Written.

2. What does Jack do while he sits alone on Gaines's roof?
(a) Writes.
(b) Meditates.
(c) Prays.
(d) Smokes.

3. What does Jack call his friend, Simon?
(a) Poetry in motion.
(b) The Prussian officer.
(c) The mad Russian.
(d) A wrteched poet and dreamer.

4. What does Jack do when he first wakes up from the dream he has in the forest?
(a) Tries to interpret the dream.
(b) Goes for a long walk.
(c) Calls his brother on the phone.
(d) Writes a letter to his mother.

5. How does Jack decide to go to San Francisco after a sleepless night on Skid Row?
(a) A bus.
(b) Walk.
(c) Take a boat.
(d) Hitchhike.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jack travel to Mexico?

2. What is the first thing Jack does when he climbs aboard the ferry?

3. What movement is Rose involved in?

4. What does Jack read while he is at his job in Washington?

5. What does Jack plan to take to San Francisco with him according to his poem about going there?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jack describe the trumpet player in the Cellar?

2. What does Jack say he could do if he were made Sultan?

3. How does the waitress at the luncheonette treat Jack?

4. Why do the people in line at the bank get mad at Jack?

5. Why does Jack dislike the use of form in poetry?

6. What happens to the group when Raphael begins playing the piano at Ehrman's house?

7. What does Raphael think about Mexico?

8. What does Jack observe in the streets while heading to his favorite jazz club?

9. Why does Raphael brood the entire time he is at Cody's house?

10. What does Ruth suggest she and Jack do while the rest of the group wanders around Washington Square Park?

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