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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom does Neal Cassady write about visiting in the hospital after a suicide attempt in his letters to Kerouac?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Patricia.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Joan.

3. Who opened the City Lights Bookstore?
(a) Jack Kerouac.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) John Clellon Holmes.
(d) Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

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

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

6. Where did the Six Gallery reading take place?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.

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

8. What university did William S. Burroughs attend?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Rutgers.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

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

10. What is the name of John Clellon Holmes' representation of himself in Go?
(a) Peter Henderson.
(b) Peter Dexter.
(c) Michael Dollen.
(d) Paul Hobbes.

11. Whom did Neal Cassady marry in 1948?
(a) Joan Anderson.
(b) Sarah Pomeray.
(c) Carolyn Robinson.
(d) Marie Smith.

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

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

14. Who is the author of the poem "A Berry Feast"?
(a) Gary Snyder.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) Michael McClure.
(d) Carlos Williams.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What event is one of the central focuses of "America"?

2. What is Allen Ginsberg's most famous work?

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

4. Which is the first of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poems featured in Some San Francisco Renaissance Poets Part One?

5. Where did Neal Cassady grow up?

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