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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. Who cuts off someone's fingers in the poem "Nova Express"?
(a) A mother.
(b) A little girl.
(c) A handicapped man.
(d) A grandmother.

2. Amiri Baraka studied at what university?
(a) University of California Irvine.
(b) UCLA.
(c) University of Western Pennsylvania.
(d) Rutgers.

3. In what year does William Burroughs Junior go to visit his father in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1961.

4. Which cited Bob Dylan song asks when African Americans will be free?
(a) "Blowin' in the Wind."
(b) "Hard Rain."
(c) "Lay Lady Lay."
(d) "Tarantula."

5. Who is the author of the poem "The Canticle of Jack Kerouac"?
(a) Neal Cassady.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
(d) William S. Burroughs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter Orlovsky was whose lover?

2. Who is the author of the poem "Columbia U Poesy Reading--1975"?

3. What poem by Ray Bremser is included in the text?

4. Where did Frank O'Hara grow up?

5. What was Amiri Baraka's birth name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the subject of "Hymna to Archilochus"?

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

4. What does Bukowski insinuate about Neal Cassady in "Notes of a Dirty Old Man"?

5. What literary and political allusions are in "Sourdough Mountain Lookout"?

6. Who is Bob Dylan? What contributions of his are in the anthology?

7. Describe the author and subject of "Poet of the Streets."

8. What similes does Bremser use in the poem "Funny Lotus Blues..."? Why?

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

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

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