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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. Where is Amiri Baraka from?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) Sacramento, California.
(c) Cleveland, Mississippi.
(d) Newark, New Jersey.

2. Who wrote the poem "Nova Express"?
(a) William S. Burroughs.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) Gregory Corso.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

3. Who wrote "Dinners and Nightmares"?
(a) Jack Kerouac.
(b) Diane DiPrima.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) Carolyn Cassady.

4. When did Lew Welch enlist in the Army Air Corp?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1944.

5. What poem of Brenda Frazer's is included in the anthology?
(a) "Thirteen Nightmares."
(b) "Unlisted Characters."
(c) "Poem to Lee Forest."
(d) "Lament, Lament."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Highway Ninety-Nine begin?

2. For what Los Angeles paper did Charles Bukowski write a weekly column?

3. In the poem "Les Luths," Frank O'Hara writes of wondering what _______________ is doing.

4. Who is the daughter of Jack Kerouac and wrote a book about her experiences?

5. Who wrote "First Party at Ken Kesey's with Hell's Angels"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Ray Bremser? What is the subject of "Funny Lotus Blues..."?

2. Describe the irony of Peter Orlovsky's "Lepers Cry."

3. What is the subject of "Kentucky Ham"?

4. What is "Highway Ninety-Nine"?

5. What works of John Wieners are included in the anthology? Where is he from?

6. Who is Philip Whalen? How does Whalen's poem about Sourdough Mountain differ from Snyder's?

7. Who is Philip Lamantia and what works of his are in the anthology?

8. What does Carolyn Cassady say of her marriage in "Off the Road"?

9. Who is Frank O'Hara? Is he part of the Beat movement? What works of his are in the anthology?

10. What did Ed Sanders experience after reading "Howl"?

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