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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What Italian immigrants to America accused of anarchy are referred to in the poem "April Fool Birthday Poem for Grandpa"?
(a) Legari and Antoni.
(b) Bacco and Minusi.
(c) Sacco and Vanzetti.
(d) Ancini and Rossi.

4. Who is the author of "Poet of the Streets"?
(a) Jack Micheline.
(b) Diane DiPrima.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) Tuli Kupferberg.

5. Where was Peter Orlovsky from?
(a) Lexington, KY.
(b) Sacramento, CA.
(c) Tuscon, AZ.
(d) New York, NY.

6. Where did Diane DiPrima attend college before dropping out to become a poet?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Swarthmore College.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Yale University.

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

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

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

10. Peter Orlovsky was whose lover?
(a) Neal Cassady's.
(b) Allen Ginsberg's.
(c) Carolyn Cassady's.
(d) Diane DiPrima's.

11. Which author wrote the poem "Smokey the Bear Sutra"?
(a) Diane DiPrima.
(b) Gregory Corso.
(c) Philip Whalen.
(d) Gary Snyder.

12. Whom does Philip Whalen write of drinking with in "Prose Take-Out Portland 13:ix:58"?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) Jack Kerouac.
(c) Gregory Corso.
(d) Neal Cassady.

13. Who is the daughter of Jack Kerouac and wrote a book about her experiences?
(a) Jessica Kerouac.
(b) Jan Kerouac.
(c) Michelle Kerouac.
(d) Josephine Kerouac.

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

15. When was Amiri Baraka born?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1934.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the founders of Russian anarchism is referred to in the poem "April Fool Birthday Poem for Grandpa"?

2. Where was Lew Welch born?

3. What newsletter was created by Diane DiPrima and LeRoi Jones?

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

5. In what year does William Burroughs Junior go to visit his father in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?

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