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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. When did Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and LeRoi Jones throw a party for the prison release of Ray Bremser?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1948.

2. Albion is another name for what?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Europe.
(c) Tuna.
(d) England.

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

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

5. What is "tea" in reference to in the poem "A Poem for the Tea Heads"?
(a) Benzedrine.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Opium.
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Frank O'Hara was a key member of what literary circle?

4. Baraka's letter to "Evergreen Review" discusses whose rules for writing prose?

5. In which song does Bob Dylan write about trying to get his piano fixed by a lazy, unionized piano tuner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Tuli Kupferberg and his pieces in The Portable Beat Reader.

2. What literary or mythical references are made in "The Night Is a Space of White Marble"?

3. What political allusions does Diane DiPrima make in "April Fool Birthday Poem for Grandpa"?

4. What symbolism is evident in the works of Bob Dylan? What do these symbols represent?

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

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

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

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

9. Who is Amiri Baraka? What contributions of his are in the anthology?

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

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