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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 Jack Kerouac known as in On the Road?
(a) Dean Moriarty.
(b) Jack Duluoz.
(c) Carlo Marx.
(d) Sal Paradisio.
2. When did Neal Cassady move to New York and meet Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1942.
3. Who is the author of the poem "A Berry Feast"?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) Gary Snyder.
(c) Michael McClure.
(d) Carlos Williams.
4. How old was Neal Cassady when he was first arrested for theft?
(a) 14.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 10.
5. "A Supermarket in America" describes Ginsberg grocery shopping with a vision of whom?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Norman Mailer.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Shakespeare.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did Herbert Huncke meet William S. Burroughs?
2. Where did Jack Kerouac attend college?
3. What is the name of the West Coast literary revolution which was heralded largely by the Six Gallery reading?
4. What university did William S. Burroughs attend?
5. What jazz musician does Jack Kerouac write about in "Mexico City Blues"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Cassady and Kerouac differ on their perspective of Cassady's childhood?
2. What does Kerouac's letter to Neal Cassady reveal about their friendship?
3. Describe Huncke's depictions of sexuality in his work.
4. What repetition is used in the "Peyote Poem"? Why?
5. Describe John Clellon Holmes' writing style. How does it compare with Kerouac's?
6. What are some examples of religious allusion in "Howl"? What do they represent?
7. Describe the subject of "Visions of Cody."
8. What do Cassady's letters to Kerouac reveal about him?
9. What does Ann Charters write about Carl Solomon in his biographical information? What is his work about?
10. Describe the exposition from the beginning excerpt of "On the Road." Who are the characters introduced?
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