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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom did Charles Bukowski write an article about meeting shortly before his death in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?
(a) William S. Burroughs.
(b) Jack Kerouac.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) Neal Cassady.

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

4. Where was Tuli Kupferberg from?
(a) New York City.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) San Francisco.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Which cited Bob Dylan song asks when African Americans will be free?
(a) "Lay Lady Lay."
(b) "Tarantula."
(c) "Blowin' in the Wind."
(d) "Hard Rain."

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

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

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

15. "1001 Ways to Beat the Draft" was originally a _____________.
(a) Pamphlet.
(b) Poem.
(c) Novel.
(d) Visual art installment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Ray Bremser born?

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

4. What poem of Brenda Frazer's is included in the anthology?

5. When did Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and LeRoi Jones throw a party for the prison release of Ray Bremser?

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