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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 is the name of John Clellon Holmes' representation of himself in Go?
(a) Michael Dollen.
(b) Peter Dexter.
(c) Paul Hobbes.
(d) Peter Henderson.

2. What university did William S. Burroughs attend?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Rutgers.
(c) Yale.
(d) Columbia.

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

4. What jazz musician does Jack Kerouac write about in "Mexico City Blues"?
(a) Thelonius Monk.
(b) Satchmo.
(c) Louis Armstrong.
(d) Charlie Parker.

5. In the 211th Chorus of "Mexico City Blues," Jack Kerouac wishes to be freed from the material world through _____________.
(a) Money.
(b) Liberation.
(c) America.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. The character "Elsie John" in the poem by Herbert Huncke is a __________.

2. "A Supermarket in America" describes Ginsberg grocery shopping with a vision of whom?

3. What is the name of the West Coast literary revolution which was heralded largely by the Six Gallery reading?

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

5. What is Allen Ginsberg's fictionalized name in the novel Go?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the poetry of Gregory Corso, including subject and themes.

3. Who is Lawrence Ferlinghetti? What is his role in the Beat movement? What is his poem "Dog" about?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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