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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Brenda Frazer travel to Mexico City in the 1960s?

2. Which poem of Diane DiPrima's is an attack on Gary Snyder's conception of women as mere carriers of children?

3. What poem of Brenda Frazer's is included in the anthology?

4. What was Amiri Baraka's birth name?

5. When was Ray Bremser born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "Highway Ninety-Nine"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Beat icon Neal Cassady. When was he born and when did he die? What was his family like? How did he meet the other Beats? What was the general opinion of Cassady?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the works of Carl Solomon and Gregory Corso from the text. How do these poets differ in style, theme, and subject? How are they alike?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of the novel Go and John Clellon Holmes' impact on the Beat Generation. What was the response of the Beats upon Go's publication?

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