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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. Amiri Baraka studied at what university?
(a) University of Western Pennsylvania.
(b) Rutgers.
(c) UCLA.
(d) University of California Irvine.

2. Where did Gary Snyder attend college?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Swarthmore College.
(c) NYU.
(d) Reed College.

3. Albion is another name for what?
(a) Tuna.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Europe.
(d) England.

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

5. Which of the founders of Russian anarchism is referred to in the poem "April Fool Birthday Poem for Grandpa"?
(a) Krympotin.
(b) Brygatin.
(c) Kropotkin.
(d) Vrostkin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Diane DiPrima from?

2. Where is Amiri Baraka from?

3. What scene does "Nova Express" describe?

4. Who is the author of "Poet of the Streets"?

5. Who is the daughter of Jack Kerouac and wrote a book about her experiences?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did Ed Sanders experience after reading "Howl"?

10. What is the subject of "Kentucky Ham"?

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