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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) Peace.
(b) Love.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Food.

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

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

4. Who became Allen Ginsberg's lover after his move to California?
(a) Mark Patterson.
(b) Adam Schwartz.
(c) Michael Orlovsky.
(d) Peter Orlovsky.

5. In the 211th Chorus of "Mexico City Blues," Jack Kerouac wishes to be freed from the material world through _____________.
(a) Money.
(b) Death.
(c) America.
(d) Liberation.

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

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

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

9. Herbert Huncke introduced William S. Burroughs to _____________.
(a) Heroin.
(b) Peyote.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Cocaine.

10. Who is Neal Cassady known as in On the Road?
(a) Carlo Marx.
(b) Dean Moriarty.
(c) Jonny Moriarty.
(d) Cody Pomeray.

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

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

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

14. What is the name of the character based on Neal Cassady in Go?
(a) Andew Kennedy.
(b) Hart Kennedy.
(c) Joe Kimble.
(d) Mark Skawinski.

15. "A Supermarket in America" describes Ginsberg grocery shopping with a vision of whom?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Norman Mailer.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Gregory Corso meet Allen Ginsberg?

2. Who is the author of the poem "A Berry Feast"?

3. What is the name of John Clellon Holmes' representation of himself in Go?

4. What jazz musician does Jack Kerouac write about in "Mexico City Blues"?

5. When was Philip Whalen born?

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