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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Peter Orlovsky from?

2. At which college did John Wieners study poetry?

3. Baraka's letter to "Evergreen Review" discusses whose rules for writing prose?

4. When was Amiri Baraka born?

5. Amiri Baraka studied at what university?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the term "Beat" evolve into the late 50s and early 60s?

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

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

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

6. What is "Highway Ninety-Nine"?

7. What is "Nova Express" about?

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

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

10. What political allusions does Diane DiPrima make in "April Fool Birthday Poem for Grandpa"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the relationship between Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac, as illustrated in their letters. How do the two men regard one another?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the poet Michael McClure. What are his contributions to the Beat Generation? In what works has he been immortalized?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Beat icon Neal Cassady. When was he born and when did he die? What was his family like? How did he meet the other Beats? What was the general opinion of Cassady?

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