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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the dog looking at questioningly in the poem "Dog"?
(a) A flower.
(b) A telephone.
(c) A gramophone.
(d) A rabbit.

2. How many children did Neal Cassady's mother have before meeting his father?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

3. Who is Jack Kerouac known as in On the Road?
(a) Dean Moriarty.
(b) Sal Paradisio.
(c) Carlo Marx.
(d) Jack Duluoz.

4. In his letters to Kerouac, whom does Cassady write that he has been sleeping with, but her mother doesn't like him?
(a) Patricia.
(b) Joan.
(c) Mary.
(d) Margaret.

5. What business did Neal Cassady's father open in Los Angeles, CA?
(a) Convenience Store.
(b) Bar.
(c) Barbershop.
(d) Candy Store.

6. What is Herbert Huncke's fictionalized name in Go?
(a) Hart Kennedy.
(b) Paul Hobbes.
(c) Peter Henderson.
(d) Albert Ancke.

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

8. Who is Allen Ginsberg known as in On the Road?
(a) Dean Moriarty.
(b) Cody Pomeray.
(c) Carlo Marx.
(d) Jack Duluoz.

9. Where is the city of Rotterdam, cited in Corso's "Vision of Rotterdam"?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) Netherlands.
(d) France.

10. In "One Thousand Fearful Words for Fidel Castro," Ferlinghetti is convinced that Castro's cause is ___________.
(a) Insane.
(b) Powerless.
(c) Evil.
(d) Just.

11. Who became Allen Ginsberg's lover after his move to California?
(a) Michael Orlovsky.
(b) Peter Orlovsky.
(c) Mark Patterson.
(d) Adam Schwartz.

12. What is Jack Kerouac's fictionalized name in the novel Go?
(a) Albert Ancke.
(b) Hart Kennedy.
(c) Gene Pasternak.
(d) Paul Hobbes.

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

14. Who is the author of the poem "A Berry Feast"?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) Carlos Williams.
(c) Michael McClure.
(d) Gary Snyder.

15. How old was Neal Cassady when he was first arrested for theft?
(a) 14.
(b) 18.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who conceived the Six Gallery reading?

2. What word does Michael McClure frequently play with in "Peyote Poem"?

3. Who opened the City Lights Bookstore?

4. "Kaddish" is a poem about the life and death of whom?

5. In the 211th Chorus of "Mexico City Blues," Jack Kerouac wishes to be freed from the material world through _____________.

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