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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 "One Thousand Fearful Words for Fidel Castro," Ferlinghetti is convinced that Castro's cause is ___________.
(a) Just.
(b) Evil.
(c) Insane.
(d) Powerless.

2. What business did Neal Cassady's father open in Los Angeles, CA?
(a) Candy Store.
(b) Bar.
(c) Convenience Store.
(d) Barbershop.

3. Whose death is "Thou Shalt Not Kill" written in mourning of?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Jack Kerouac.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Dylan Thomas.

4. Where did the Six Gallery reading take place?
(a) New York.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New Orleans.

5. Upon which Beat writer was The Dharma Bums based?
(a) Michael McClure.
(b) Neal Cassady.
(c) Gary Snyder
(d) Allen Ginsberg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of the poem "A Berry Feast"?

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

3. What university did William S. Burroughs attend?

4. Where did Allen Ginsberg move in the 1950s?

5. When did Neal Cassady's parents divorce?

Short Essay Questions

1. What religious allusion is used in the poem "Thou Shalt Not Kill"?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe William S. Burroughs' style in "Naked Lunch."

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

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

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

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