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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was Gregory Corso born?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1922.

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

4. The character "Elsie John" in the poem by Herbert Huncke is a __________.
(a) Hermaphrodite.
(b) Housewife.
(c) Zoologist.
(d) Fisherman.

5. When was Philip Whalen born?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1915.

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

7. How old was Neal Cassady when his parents divorced?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

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

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

10. What is Jack Kerouac's most famous novel?
(a) Big Sur.
(b) Visions of Cody.
(c) The Dharma Bums.
(d) On the Road.

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

12. What is the name of the West Coast literary revolution which was heralded largely by the Six Gallery reading?
(a) San Francisco Renaissance.
(b) West Coast School of Poetry.
(c) California Renaissance.
(d) San Francisco Six.

13. Who is the author of the poem "Plus Ca Change"?
(a) Philip Whalen.
(b) Michael McClure.
(c) Michael Ewing.
(d) Gary Snyder.

14. What were the charges brought against the poem "Howl"?
(a) Obscenity.
(b) Plagiarism.
(c) Violence.
(d) Bigotry.

15. "Song" by Allen Ginsberg is a simple poem about ____________.
(a) Peace.
(b) Food.
(c) Love.
(d) Freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jack Kerouac's fictionalized name in the novel Go?

2. When was Neal Cassady born?

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

4. Who opened the City Lights Bookstore?

5. When was Rotterdam bombed by the Nazis?

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