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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what year does Jack Kerouac meet Neal Cassady?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1959.

4. When did Herbert Huncke meet William S. Burroughs?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1944.

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

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

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

8. For whom was Jack Kerouac once a sports writer?
(a) The Columbia Sun.
(b) The Herald Review.
(c) The Princeton Review.
(d) The Lowell Sun.

9. In what year was William S. Burroughs born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1925.

10. What is the title of the first book Jack Kerouac published?
(a) Big Sur.
(b) The Dharma Bums.
(c) The Town and the City.
(d) On the Road.

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

12. "Kaddish" is a poem about the life and death of whom?
(a) Naomi Ginsberg.
(b) Sarah Ginsberg.
(c) Natalie Ginsberg.
(d) Alexis Ginsberg.

13. What were the charges brought against the poem "Howl"?
(a) Obscenity.
(b) Bigotry.
(c) Plagiarism.
(d) Violence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first excerpted selection of Gregory Corso's in the text?

2. In the 211th Chorus of "Mexico City Blues," Jack Kerouac wishes to be freed from the material world through _____________.

3. When did the Six Gallery reading take place?

4. Who is Jack Kerouac known as in On the Road?

5. When was Neal Cassady born?

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