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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 was the name of Gary Snyder's father?
(a) Harold.
(b) Mark.
(c) Ezekiel.
(d) Henry.

2. "1001 Ways to Beat the Draft" was originally a _____________.
(a) Novel.
(b) Visual art installment.
(c) Poem.
(d) Pamphlet.

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

4. When was Diane DiPrima born?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1932.

5. For what Los Angeles paper did Charles Bukowski write a weekly column?
(a) "Angel City."
(b) "The Beat Reader."
(c) "Los Angeles Chronicle."
(d) "Open City."

Short Answer Questions

1. At which college did John Wieners study poetry?

2. Which author wrote the poem "The Death of Kin Chuen Louie"?

3. Who "poofed into fat air" in the poem "Columbia U Poesy Reading--1975"?

4. What kind of drivers does Gary Snyder refer to in "Night Highway Ninety-Nine"?

5. Which author wrote the poem "Smokey the Bear Sutra"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Brenda Frazer? What is "Poem to Lee Forest" about?

3. Who is Gary Snyder? What settings appear in his work?

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

5. What is "Nova Express" about?

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

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

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

9. What artistic and literary allusions are in "The Canticle of Jack Kerouac"?

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

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