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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Ed Sanders born?
(a) New Hope, PA.
(b) Kansas City, MO.
(c) Patterson, NJ.
(d) Little Rock, AR.

2. 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."

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

4. Where was Lew Welch born?
(a) Los Angeles, CA.
(b) Phoenix, AZ.
(c) New York, NY.
(d) Lexington, KY.

5. Who is the author of the poem "April Fool Birthday Poem for Grandpa"?
(a) Philip Whalen.
(b) Gregory Corso.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) Diane DiPrima.

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

7. Where was Tuli Kupferberg from?
(a) Memphis.
(b) New York City.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) San Francisco.

8. Where was Peter Orlovsky from?
(a) Lexington, KY.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Sacramento, CA.
(d) Tuscon, AZ.

9. Where was Bob Kaufman born?
(a) New Orleans, Louisiana.
(b) Los Angeles, California.
(c) Baton Rouge, Lousiana.
(d) St. Petersburg, Russia.

10. Which author wrote the poem "The Death of Kin Chuen Louie"?
(a) Michael McClure.
(b) Allen Ginsberg
(c) Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
(d) Gregory Corso.

11. Which poem of Peter Orlovsky's is included in the anthology?
(a) "Lament Lament."
(b) "Lover Cry."
(c) "Lepers Cry."
(d) "Song."

12. Who wrote the poem "Nova Express"?
(a) Jack Kerouac.
(b) William S. Burroughs.
(c) Gregory Corso.
(d) Allen Ginsberg.

13. What poem by Ray Bremser is included in the text?
(a) "The Lament."
(b) "Beat Tomorrow."
(c) "Behind Beat Bars."
(d) "Funny Lotus Blues..."

14. What is railed against in the poem "A Dim View of Berkeley in the Spring"?
(a) Children.
(b) Conformity.
(c) Love.
(d) Marriage.

15. "The Day Lady Died" is a description of everything O'Hara did the day who died?
(a) Billie Holliday.
(b) Queen Elizabeth.
(c) Queen Victoria.
(d) Gracie Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Amiri Baraka born?

2. What was the name of Gary Snyder's father?

3. Where does Highway Ninety-Nine begin?

4. When did Amiri Baraka adopt his current name?

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

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