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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the first of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poems featured in Some San Francisco Renaissance Poets Part One?
(a) "America."
(b) "Dog."
(c) "Lost Highway."
(d) "Coney Island of the Mind."

2. What excerpt of Gregory Corso's questions what it means to be Beat and if there is even such a thing?
(a) "Song of a Generation."
(b) "Bomb."
(c) "Variations on a Generation."
(d) "Marriage."

3. When did Neal Cassady move to New York and meet Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1942.

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

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

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

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

8. What is the title of Neal Cassady's unfinished autobiography?
(a) "The Final Third."
(b) "The Fast Years."
(c) "The First Third."
(d) "The Kesey Bus."

9. In what year was Allen Ginsberg born?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1926.

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

11. Where did Carl Soloman meet Allen Ginsberg?
(a) A mental institution.
(b) Prison.
(c) An art opening.
(d) A zoo.

12. What jazz musician does Jack Kerouac write about in "Mexico City Blues"?
(a) Satchmo.
(b) Thelonius Monk.
(c) Charlie Parker.
(d) Louis Armstrong.

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

14. In what year was John Clellon Holmes born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1926.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of the poem "Plus Ca Change"?

2. What is Neal Cassady's mother's name?

3. In what year did Allen Ginsberg meet Neal Cassady?

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

5. "Song" by Allen Ginsberg is a simple poem about ____________.

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