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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did Gregory Corso meet Allen Ginsberg?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1943.

3. Upon which Beat writer was The Dharma Bums based?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) Neal Cassady.
(c) Michael McClure.
(d) Gary Snyder

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

5. When did the Six Gallery reading take place?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1959.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. When did Neal Cassady's parents divorce?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1942.

14. What event is one of the central focuses of "America"?
(a) World War III.
(b) The Spanish War.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The Cold War.

15. What is the name of Michael McClure's fictionalized character in Big Sur?
(a) Mark McDougal.
(b) Andrew Carlotti.
(c) Pat McLear.
(d) Michael McLear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Allen Ginsberg known as in On the Road?

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

3. What is Jack Kerouac's fictionalized name in the novel Go?

4. In Neal Cassady's letter to Kerouac from Kansas City, Cassady explains how he met a girl named ___________.

5. In what year did Neal Cassady die?

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