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

2. Where is Amiri Baraka from?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) Cleveland, Mississippi.
(c) Newark, New Jersey.
(d) Sacramento, California.

3. What was Amiri Baraka's birth name?
(a) Leroy James.
(b) Allen Smith.
(c) Marcus Frances.
(d) LeRoi Jones.

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

5. What is "tea" in reference to in the poem "A Poem for the Tea Heads"?
(a) Benzedrine.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Opium.
(d) Marijuana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Ray Bremser born?

2. Where did Frank O'Hara grow up?

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

4. In what year does William Burroughs Junior go to visit his father in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?

5. Where was Ann Waldron born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What similes does Bremser use in the poem "Funny Lotus Blues..."? Why?

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Frank O'Hara? Is he part of the Beat movement? What works of his are in the anthology?

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

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

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

10. What is "Nova Express" about?

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