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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 event is one of the central focuses of "America"?
(a) World War III.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The Cold War.
(d) The Spanish War.

2. How old was Neal Cassady when his parents divorced?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

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

4. What is the name of the West Coast literary revolution which was heralded largely by the Six Gallery reading?
(a) San Francisco Six.
(b) West Coast School of Poetry.
(c) California Renaissance.
(d) San Francisco Renaissance.

5. What is Neal Cassady's mother's name?
(a) Marie.
(b) Anne.
(c) Maude.
(d) Naomi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Neal Cassady's moniker in "Visions of Cody" was Cody ______________.

2. Who opened the City Lights Bookstore?

3. Where did Jack Kerouac attend college?

4. In what year does Jack Kerouac meet Neal Cassady?

5. Where was Neal Cassady born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Cassady and Kerouac differ on their perspective of Cassady's childhood?

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

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

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

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

6. What biographical facts are mixed up in Kerouac's "On the Road"? What details are omitted?

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

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

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

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

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