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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. When was Philip Whalen born?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1930.
2. What is the dog looking at questioningly in the poem "Dog"?
(a) A flower.
(b) A gramophone.
(c) A telephone.
(d) A rabbit.
3. In his letters to Kerouac, whom does Cassady write that he has been sleeping with, but her mother doesn't like him?
(a) Patricia.
(b) Joan.
(c) Mary.
(d) Margaret.
4. Where was Gregory Corso born?
(a) Boston, MA.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Sacramento, CA.
(d) Portland, OR.
5. What is the first excerpted selection of Gregory Corso's in the text?
(a) "Bomb."
(b) "The Mad Yak."
(c) "I Am 25."
(d) "Vision at Rotterdam."
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did Allen Ginsberg grow up?
2. What is the title of Neal Cassady's unfinished autobiography?
3. "Song" by Allen Ginsberg is a simple poem about ____________.
4. When did Allen Ginsberg begin attending Columbia University?
5. What event is one of the central focuses of "America"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Cassady's letters to Kerouac reveal about him?
2. Describe the symbolism in "On the Road" as it relates to the theme of American values. What is an example of Kerouac's metaphor of America?
3. What does Kerouac's letter to Neal Cassady reveal about their friendship?
4. What repetition is used in the "Peyote Poem"? Why?
5. What does Ann Charters write about Carl Solomon in his biographical information? What is his work about?
6. Who is Neal Cassady? How is he introduced in the text?
7. Describe Huncke's depictions of sexuality in his work.
8. In his letters to Kerouac, what is Cassady's description of how he lost his old girlfriend Joan in Denver?
9. Describe William S. Burroughs' excerpt from "Junky." What is significant about this subject?
10. Describe William S. Burroughs' style in "Naked Lunch."
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