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

2. William Everson credits Rexroth with launching Beat poetry more so than whom?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) Jack Kerouac.
(c) William Carlos Williams.
(d) William S. Burroughs.

3. Where was Gregory Corso born?
(a) New York, NY.
(b) Boston, MA.
(c) Portland, OR.
(d) Sacramento, CA.

4. In what year was Jack Kerouac born?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1930.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Gregory Corso meet Allen Ginsberg?

2. Whose death is "Thou Shalt Not Kill" written in mourning of?

3. What word does Michael McClure frequently play with in "Peyote Poem"?

4. In what year was Allen Ginsberg born?

5. Herbert Huncke introduced William S. Burroughs to _____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Herbert Huncke's contributions in the anthology? On what subjects does he focus?

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

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

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

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

7. What is Ginsberg's subject in "A Supermarket in America"?

8. What are some examples of religious allusion in "Howl"? What do they represent?

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

10. What do Cassady's letters to Kerouac reveal about him?

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