The Portable Beat Reader Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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The Portable Beat Reader Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Other Fellow Travelers Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did the Six Gallery reading take place?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York.
(d) New Orleans.

3. Whom did Neal Cassady marry in 1948?
(a) Sarah Pomeray.
(b) Carolyn Robinson.
(c) Marie Smith.
(d) Joan Anderson.

4. Where was Neal Cassady born?
(a) Salt Lake City, UT.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Los Angeles, NY.
(d) Denver, CO.

5. What was Amiri Baraka's birth name?
(a) Marcus Frances.
(b) Allen Smith.
(c) LeRoi Jones.
(d) Leroy James.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Song" by Allen Ginsberg is a simple poem about ____________.

2. What is the name of John Clellon Holmes' representation of himself in Go?

3. Where was Michael McClure born?

4. Which poem of Diane DiPrima's is an attack on Gary Snyder's conception of women as mere carriers of children?

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

(see the answer key)

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