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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Peter Orlovsky was whose lover?
(a) Allen Ginsberg's.
(b) Neal Cassady's.
(c) Diane DiPrima's.
(d) Carolyn Cassady's.

2. Which poem of Amiri Baraka's describes the black music scene in Newark in the early 1960s?
(a) "In Memory of Radio."
(b) "The Screamers."
(c) "Three Laments."
(d) "Way Out West."

3. What was Amiri Baraka's birth name?
(a) LeRoi Jones.
(b) Allen Smith.
(c) Leroy James.
(d) Marcus Frances.

4. Where did Gary Snyder attend college?
(a) NYU.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Reed College.
(d) Swarthmore College.

5. Which poem of Diane DiPrima's is an attack on Gary Snyder's conception of women as mere carriers of children?
(a) "Brass Furnace Going Out: Song, after an Abortion."
(b) "The Practice of Magical Evocation."
(c) "Song for Baby-O."
(d) "Three Laments."

6. In "Dinners and Nightmares," the author describes mashed potatoes and tomato sauce, which is referred to as _____________.
(a) "Blood potatoes."
(b) "Menstrual potatoes."
(c) "Communist potatoes."
(d) "Scarlet potatoes."

7. Where did Frank O'Hara grow up?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) San Francisco, California.
(c) Tuscon, Arizona.
(d) Grafton, Massachusetts.

8. What former wife of Neal Cassady wrote about her experiences with Cassady and other beats in "Off the Road"?
(a) Jennifer Cassady.
(b) Carolyn Cassady.
(c) Marie Cassady.
(d) Anne Cassady.

9. At which college did John Wieners study poetry?
(a) Remington College.
(b) Black Mountain College.
(c) NYU.
(d) UCLA.

10. What Italian immigrants to America accused of anarchy are referred to in the poem "April Fool Birthday Poem for Grandpa"?
(a) Bacco and Minusi.
(b) Ancini and Rossi.
(c) Legari and Antoni.
(d) Sacco and Vanzetti.

11. What band did Tuli Kupferberg co-found?
(a) The Pixies.
(b) The Pogues.
(c) The Fugs.
(d) The Mailmen.

12. What is "tea" in reference to in the poem "A Poem for the Tea Heads"?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Opium.
(c) Benzedrine.
(d) Marijuana.

13. Who wrote "Sourdough Mountain Lookout"?
(a) Philip Whalen.
(b) Jack Kerouac.
(c) Gregory Corso.
(d) Allen Ginsberg.

14. How old was Gary Snyder when he was laid up for an accident for four months?
(a) Seven.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

15. Where is Amiri Baraka from?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) Newark, New Jersey.
(c) Cleveland, Mississippi.
(d) Sacramento, California.

Short Answer Questions

1. Amiri Baraka studied at what university?

2. Albion is another name for what?

3. Where was Peter Orlovsky from?

4. Where was Lew Welch born?

5. What newsletter was created by Diane DiPrima and LeRoi Jones?

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