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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Neal Cassady die?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1969.

2. In what year was Jack Kerouac born?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1925.

3. What excerpt of Gregory Corso's questions what it means to be Beat and if there is even such a thing?
(a) "Variations on a Generation."
(b) "Marriage."
(c) "Song of a Generation."
(d) "Bomb."

4. When did Allen Ginsberg begin attending Columbia University?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1952.

5. Where did Allen Ginsberg grow up?
(a) Princeton, NJ.
(b) Patterson, NJ.
(c) New York, NY.
(d) Chicago, IL.

6. How many children did Neal Cassady's mother have before meeting his father?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

7. When did the Six Gallery reading take place?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1955.

8. Who is Allen Ginsberg known as in On the Road?
(a) Dean Moriarty.
(b) Jack Duluoz.
(c) Cody Pomeray.
(d) Carlo Marx.

9. In his letters to Kerouac, whom does Cassady write that he has been sleeping with, but her mother doesn't like him?
(a) Patricia.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Mary.
(d) Joan.

10. What is Neal Cassady's mother's name?
(a) Anne.
(b) Marie.
(c) Maude.
(d) Naomi.

11. What business did Neal Cassady's father open in Los Angeles, CA?
(a) Convenience Store.
(b) Candy Store.
(c) Bar.
(d) Barbershop.

12. What is the name of Michael McClure's fictionalized character in Big Sur?
(a) Mark McDougal.
(b) Michael McLear.
(c) Pat McLear.
(d) Andrew Carlotti.

13. What event is one of the central focuses of "America"?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) World War III.
(c) The Cold War.
(d) The Spanish War.

14. Who is the character Japhy Ryder is based on in "The Dharma Bums"?
(a) Gary Sneider.
(b) Cody Pomeray.
(c) Jack Duluoz.
(d) Dean Moriarty.

15. "A Supermarket in America" describes Ginsberg grocery shopping with a vision of whom?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Norman Mailer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Allen Ginsberg born?

2. What is Jack Kerouac's most famous novel?

3. When was Rotterdam bombed by the Nazis?

4. What were the charges brought against the poem "Howl"?

5. What is the name of the character based on Neal Cassady in Go?

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