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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 "I Have Given Fair Warning"?
(a) Philip Lamantia.
(b) Diane DiPrima.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) Philip Whalen.

2. Who developed the "cut-up" method of writing used by William S. Burroughs?
(a) Jack Kerouac.
(b) Gregory Corso.
(c) Ray Bremser.
(d) Brion Gysin.

3. What scene does "Nova Express" describe?
(a) A funeral
(b) A battlefield.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A sinking ship.

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

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

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

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

8. When was Ray Bremser born?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1934.

9. Who wrote "First Party at Ken Kesey's with Hell's Angels"?
(a) Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
(b) Neal Cassady.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) Allen Ginsberg.

10. The poem "The Night Is a Space of White Marble" describes a wild experience in __________.
(a) Canada.
(b) Californa.
(c) New York.
(d) Mexico.

11. Frank O'Hara was a key member of what literary circle?
(a) San Francisco Renaissance.
(b) Beat West Coast.
(c) New York School of Poetry.
(d) New School of Poetry.

12. With whom did Brenda Frazer travel to Mexico City in the 1960s?
(a) Ray Bremser.
(b) Jack Kerouac.
(c) William S. Hunter.
(d) Neal Cassady.

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

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

15. "The Night Is a Space of White Marble" carries a reference to which Greek god?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Ares.
(c) Pan.
(d) Dionysus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which cited Bob Dylan song asks when African Americans will be free?

2. In "Tales of Beatnik Glory," William Burroughs Junior writes about his experiences visiting his father in _______________.

3. In "Dinners and Nightmares," the author describes mashed potatoes and tomato sauce, which is referred to as _____________.

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

5. Who is the author of the poem "Columbia U Poesy Reading--1975"?

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