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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. What is the first excerpted selection of Gregory Corso's in the text?
(a) "Vision at Rotterdam."
(b) "The Mad Yak."
(c) "Bomb."
(d) "I Am 25."

2. Neal Cassady's moniker in "Visions of Cody" was Cody ______________.
(a) Martinez.
(b) Paradise.
(c) Pomeray.
(d) Duluoz.

3. Where did Allen Ginsberg move in the 1950s?
(a) San Francisco, CA.
(b) Big Sur, CA.
(c) Sacramento, CA.
(d) Berkeley, CA.

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

5. When was Rotterdam bombed by the Nazis?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1940.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jack Kerouac attend college?

2. What jazz musician does Jack Kerouac write about in "Mexico City Blues"?

3. Who is Allen Ginsberg known as in On the Road?

4. The Beat Generation started off in what city?

5. William Everson credits Rexroth with launching Beat poetry more so than whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Kenneth Rexroth? What is his contribution in the anthology?

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

3. Describe John Clellon Holmes' writing style. How does it compare with Kerouac's?

4. What repetition is used in the "Peyote Poem"? Why?

5. Who is John Clellon Holmes, and what is his impact on the Beat Generation?

6. Describe the subject of "Visions of Cody."

7. What political allusions are used in "One Thousand Fearful Words for Fidel Castro"?

8. Describe Kerouac's depiction of the jazz band in the excerpt from "On the Road." To whom are they compared ?

9. Describe the exposition from the beginning excerpt of "On the Road." Who are the characters introduced?

10. Describe Huncke's depictions of sexuality in his work.

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