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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 is the author of "I Have Given Fair Warning"?
(a) Philip Whalen.
(b) Philip Lamantia.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) Diane DiPrima.

2. Whom did Charles Bukowski write an article about meeting shortly before his death in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?
(a) Neal Cassady.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) William S. Burroughs.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

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

4. When was Philip Lamantia born?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1917.

5. In which song does Bob Dylan write about trying to get his piano fixed by a lazy, unionized piano tuner?
(a) "Hard Rain."
(b) "Blowin' in the Wind."
(c) "Tarantula."
(d) "Lay Lady Lady."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Tuli Kupferberg from?

2. Where is Amiri Baraka from?

3. "1001 Ways to Beat the Draft" was originally a _____________.

4. Where was Bob Kaufman born?

5. Which poem of Peter Orlovsky's is included in the anthology?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "Nova Express" about?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is "Highway Ninety-Nine"?

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