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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Neal Cassady born?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1922.

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

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

4. Where was Michael McClure born?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) Ft. Wayne, Kentucky.
(c) Jackson, Mississippi.
(d) Marysville, Kansas.

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

6. What is Allen Ginsberg's fictionalized name in the novel Go?
(a) David Stofsky.
(b) Paul Hobbes.
(c) Albert Ancke.
(d) Hart Kennedy.

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

8. In what year did Neal Cassady die?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1968.

9. William Everson credits Rexroth with launching Beat poetry more so than whom?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) William S. Burroughs.
(c) William Carlos Williams.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

10. In "Visions of Cody," Cody is especially talented at ______________.
(a) Darts.
(b) Bowling.
(c) Football.
(d) Pool.

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

12. When did Allen Ginsberg begin attending Columbia University?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1952.

13. The Beat Generation started off in what city?
(a) Paris.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York.
(d) New Orleans.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "One Thousand Fearful Words for Fidel Castro," Ferlinghetti is convinced that Castro's cause is ___________.

2. When was Gregory Corso born?

3. Whose death is "Thou Shalt Not Kill" written in mourning of?

4. Where was Gary Snyder born?

5. Where did Neal Cassady grow up?

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