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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Highway Ninety-Nine begin?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Washington.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

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

4. In "Tales of Beatnik Glory," William Burroughs Junior writes about his experiences visiting his father in _______________.
(a) Tijuana.
(b) Casablanca.
(c) Tangiers.
(d) Big Sur.

5. Who is "Mr. Dullness" likely a reference to in the poem "A Dim View of Berkeley in the Spring"?
(a) John Foster Dulles.
(b) Matthew Dulles.
(c) Christopher Anderson Dull.
(d) Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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

7. When did Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and LeRoi Jones throw a party for the prison release of Ray Bremser?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1948.

8. Who is the author of "I Have Given Fair Warning"?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) Diane DiPrima.
(c) Philip Lamantia.
(d) Philip Whalen.

9. What was the name of Gary Snyder's father?
(a) Ezekiel.
(b) Mark.
(c) Henry.
(d) Harold.

10. Where was Ed Sanders born?
(a) Little Rock, AR.
(b) Patterson, NJ.
(c) Kansas City, MO.
(d) New Hope, PA.

11. Albion is another name for what?
(a) Tuna.
(b) England.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Europe.

12. What newsletter was created by Diane DiPrima and LeRoi Jones?
(a) "Yeti."
(b) "Free Man."
(c) "Floating Bear."
(d) "Beat Reader."

13. In the poem "Les Luths," Frank O'Hara writes of wondering what _______________ is doing.
(a) Jack Kerouac.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) Neal Cassady.
(d) Gary Snyder.

14. Who "poofed into fat air" in the poem "Columbia U Poesy Reading--1975"?
(a) Gregory Corso.
(b) Philip Whalen.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) Allen Ginsberg.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the poem "Nova Express"?

2. "The Day Lady Died" is a description of everything O'Hara did the day who died?

3. How old is William Burroughs Junior when he first smokes marijuana in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?

4. Who is the author of the poem "April Fool Birthday Poem for Grandpa"?

5. Who cuts off someone's fingers in the poem "Nova Express"?

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