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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is William Burroughs Junior when he first smokes marijuana in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?
(a) 14.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

2. Which of the founders of Russian anarchism is referred to in the poem "April Fool Birthday Poem for Grandpa"?
(a) Brygatin.
(b) Kropotkin.
(c) Krympotin.
(d) Vrostkin.

3. "The Day Lady Died" is a description of everything O'Hara did the day who died?
(a) Billie Holliday.
(b) Queen Victoria.
(c) Queen Elizabeth.
(d) Gracie Jones.

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

5. Where was Ray Bremser born?
(a) San Francisco, CA.
(b) New Orleans, LA.
(c) Jersey City, NJ.
(d) New York, NY.

6. When did Amiri Baraka adopt his current name?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1961.

7. When was Diane DiPrima born?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1939.

8. In which song does Bob Dylan write about trying to get his piano fixed by a lazy, unionized piano tuner?
(a) "Hard Rain."
(b) "Blowin' in the Wind."
(c) "Lay Lady Lady."
(d) "Tarantula."

9. When did Lew Welch enlist in the Army Air Corp?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1944.

10. Who is the author of the poem "April Fool Birthday Poem for Grandpa"?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) Philip Whalen.
(c) Gregory Corso.
(d) Diane DiPrima.

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

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

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

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

15. Who wrote "Dinners and Nightmares"?
(a) Diane DiPrima.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) Carolyn Cassady.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Philip Lamantia born?

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

3. Where was Bob Kaufman born?

4. Who is a former girlfriend of Jack Kerouac and wrote a book called "Minor Characters" about some of the lesser known people in Beat circles?

5. What Italian immigrants to America accused of anarchy are referred to in the poem "April Fool Birthday Poem for Grandpa"?

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