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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. The Beat Generation started off in what city?
(a) New York.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Paris.
(d) New Orleans.

2. What is Allen Ginsberg's most famous work?
(a) "Kaddish."
(b) "America."
(c) "Howl."
(d) "Song."

3. How old was Neal Cassady when he was first arrested for theft?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

4. Who is Allen Ginsberg known as in On the Road?
(a) Carlo Marx.
(b) Jack Duluoz.
(c) Cody Pomeray.
(d) Dean Moriarty.

5. Where did Jack Kerouac attend college?
(a) Columbia.
(b) NYU.
(c) UCLA.
(d) Princeton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Michael McClure's fictionalized character in Big Sur?

2. Who opened the City Lights Bookstore?

3. In the second excerpt from On the Road, where are the two main characters initially?

4. In what year was John Clellon Holmes born?

5. Whom did Neal Cassady marry in 1948?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Micheal McClure? Describe his "Peyote Poem."

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who is Neal Cassady? How is he introduced in the text?

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