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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Michael McClure frequently play with in "Peyote Poem"?
(a) Dream.
(b) Needle.
(c) Stomach.
(d) Cactus.

2. Where was Gary Snyder born?
(a) New York.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) San Francisco.

3. In "Sunflower Sutra," Ginsberg writes that a sunflower is trying to become a _______________.
(a) Butterfly.
(b) Locomotive.
(c) Computer.
(d) Rainbow.

4. Neal Cassady's moniker in "Visions of Cody" was Cody ______________.
(a) Martinez.
(b) Pomeray.
(c) Duluoz.
(d) Paradise.

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

6. Upon which Beat writer was The Dharma Bums based?
(a) Gary Snyder
(b) Michael McClure.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) Neal Cassady.

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

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

9. 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) Margaret.
(c) Joan.
(d) Mary.

10. Whose death is "Thou Shalt Not Kill" written in mourning of?
(a) Dylan Thomas.
(b) Jack Kerouac.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Walt Whitman.

11. In the second excerpt from On the Road, where are the two main characters initially?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) California.

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

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

14. Who is the character Japhy Ryder is based on in "The Dharma Bums"?
(a) Gary Sneider.
(b) Jack Duluoz.
(c) Cody Pomeray.
(d) Dean Moriarty.

15. What is the name of Michael McClure's fictionalized character in Big Sur?
(a) Mark McDougal.
(b) Michael McLear.
(c) Pat McLear.
(d) Andrew Carlotti.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jack Kerouac's most famous novel?

2. When was Rotterdam bombed by the Nazis?

3. Where is the city of Rotterdam, cited in Corso's "Vision of Rotterdam"?

4. Whom did Neal Cassady marry in 1948?

5. Where did Allen Ginsberg move in the 1950s?

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