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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Neal Cassady grow up?
(a) Denver.
(b) New York.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) San Francisco.

3. What is Neal Cassady's mother's name?
(a) Anne.
(b) Naomi.
(c) Maude.
(d) Marie.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What was Allen Ginsberg's father's name?
(a) Mark.
(b) James.
(c) Carlo.
(d) Louis.

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

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

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

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

14. In what year was the novel Go published?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1951.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What business did Neal Cassady's father open in Los Angeles, CA?

2. What is the name of the evil force that is everywhere in "Howl"?

3. Where did Jack Kerouac attend college?

4. In "Visions of Cody," Cody is especially talented at ______________.

5. For whom was Jack Kerouac once a sports writer?

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