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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Herbert Huncke introduced William S. Burroughs to _____________.
(a) Heroin.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Peyote.
(d) Marijuana.

2. Who conceived the Six Gallery reading?
(a) Jack Kerouac.
(b) Wally Hedrick.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) Floyd Williams.

3. In "Visions of Cody," Cody is especially talented at ______________.
(a) Darts.
(b) Football.
(c) Pool.
(d) Bowling.

4. Where did Allen Ginsberg grow up?
(a) Princeton, NJ.
(b) Chicago, IL.
(c) Patterson, NJ.
(d) New York, NY.

5. What is the title of the first book Jack Kerouac published?
(a) The Town and the City.
(b) The Dharma Bums.
(c) On the Road.
(d) Big Sur.

6. What does Dean trade for a a watch in Mexico in On the Road?
(a) A ring.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Crystal.
(d) Money.

7. Where was Jack Kerouac born?
(a) San Jose, CA.
(b) Lowell, MA.
(c) San Francisco, CA.
(d) New York, NY.

8. What event is one of the central focuses of "America"?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The Spanish War.
(c) World War III.
(d) The Cold War.

9. What is Allen Ginsberg's most famous work?
(a) "Kaddish."
(b) "America."
(c) "Song."
(d) "Howl."

10. William S. Burroughs' family made a fortune from producing ____________.
(a) Fur coats.
(b) Adding machines.
(c) Watches.
(d) Ink pens.

11. In what year does Jack Kerouac meet Neal Cassady?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1959.

12. When was Neal Cassady born?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1922.

13. What is the first excerpted selection of Gregory Corso's in the text?
(a) "Bomb."
(b) "The Mad Yak."
(c) "I Am 25."
(d) "Vision at Rotterdam."

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

15. "A Supermarket in America" describes Ginsberg grocery shopping with a vision of whom?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Norman Mailer.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the girl Kerouac describes meeting in "The Subterraneans"?

2. In the second excerpt from On the Road, where are the two main characters initially?

3. When was Gregory Corso born?

4. What is the name of the character based on Neal Cassady in Go?

5. Where was Michael McClure born?

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