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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the second excerpt from On the Road, where are the two main characters initially?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) California.

2. In the 211th Chorus of "Mexico City Blues," Jack Kerouac wishes to be freed from the material world through _____________.
(a) Death.
(b) Money.
(c) America.
(d) Liberation.

3. In what year does Jack Kerouac meet Neal Cassady?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1944.

4. What is Jack Kerouac's most famous novel?
(a) The Dharma Bums.
(b) On the Road.
(c) Visions of Cody.
(d) Big Sur.

5. Herbert Huncke introduced William S. Burroughs to _____________.
(a) Peyote.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Cocaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Neal Cassady born?

2. What is Herbert Huncke's fictionalized name in Go?

3. The character "Elsie John" in the poem by Herbert Huncke is a __________.

4. In "Sunflower Sutra," Ginsberg writes that a sunflower is trying to become a _______________.

5. The Beat Generation started off in what city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ann Charters write about Carl Solomon in his biographical information? What is his work about?

2. What does Kerouac's letter to Neal Cassady reveal about their friendship?

3. In his letters to Kerouac, what is Cassady's description of how he lost his old girlfriend Joan in Denver?

4. What is the theme of the poem "Kaddish"?

5. Where does Jack Kerouac refer to his own style of writing in "On the Road"? What metaphor does the author make?

6. Describe William S. Burroughs' excerpt from "Junky." What is significant about this subject?

7. Who is Micheal McClure? Describe his "Peyote Poem."

8. Who is Lawrence Ferlinghetti? What is his role in the Beat movement? What is his poem "Dog" about?

9. What does Ann Charters write of the origination of the Beats in the Introduction?

10. What political references are made in the poem "America"?

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