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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is the author of the poem "Columbia U Poesy Reading--1975"?
(a) Philip Whalen.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) Neal Cassady.
(d) Gregory Corso.

9. What poem by Ray Bremser is included in the text?
(a) "The Lament."
(b) "Beat Tomorrow."
(c) "Behind Beat Bars."
(d) "Funny Lotus Blues..."

10. What poem of Brenda Frazer's is included in the anthology?
(a) "Unlisted Characters."
(b) "Thirteen Nightmares."
(c) "Poem to Lee Forest."
(d) "Lament, Lament."

11. What is railed against in the poem "A Dim View of Berkeley in the Spring"?
(a) Conformity.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Love.
(d) Children.

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

13. Which poem of Peter Orlovsky's is included in the anthology?
(a) "Lover Cry."
(b) "Lament Lament."
(c) "Song."
(d) "Lepers Cry."

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

15. When was Philip Lamantia born?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1927.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Frank O'Hara grow up?

2. Which author wrote the poem "The Death of Kin Chuen Louie"?

3. Who is the author of "I Have Given Fair Warning"?

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

5. For what Los Angeles paper did Charles Bukowski write a weekly column?

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