A Quiz About The Beat Generation
We made this quiz for a project at school. You can see it as an introduction to the Beat Generation: Beat-writers, locations and other facts about the Beats. When you don't know a thing about the Beat Generation, this quiz could be really useful. You will learn the basics in no time, even if you answered the question wrong. Good luck!
- 1.In which time did the Beat Generation emerge?
- A.
1890-1910
- B.
1920-1935
- C.
1950-1960
- D.
1990-2010
- 2.Walt Whitman considered as one of the most important beat-writers.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.The Beat-literature was mostly American.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.What caused the repressive and conservative political climate in the 1950s?
- A.
Recurring fear of the Germans
- B.
Fear of Communism
- C.
Racism against Afro-Americans
- D.
It was the only way to prevent a new war
- 5.Where did the Beat Generation had its roots?
- A.
New York
- B.
Denver
- C.
Chicago
- D.
San Francisco
- 6.Where did the Beat Generation grew into a larger movement?
- A.
London
- B.
New York
- C.
Chicago
- D.
San Francisco
- 7.'On the Road' is the bible of the Beat Generation.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Jack Kerouac despised Neil Cassady.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.The first big trip Jack Kerouac took was to San Francisco
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.The beat spirit was not only reflected by literature, but also through music. What kind of music?
- A.
Electro/trance
- B.
Hip-Hip
- C.
Jazz
- D.
Classical music
- 11.William Burroughs was the author of 'Junkie' and 'The Naked Lunch'.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.After Jack Kerouac wrote 'On the Road', his hands hurt because...
- A.
..he wrote non-stop (kick-writing)
- B.
..his typing machine wasn't working well
- C.
..of all the nicotin on his hand from all the smoking
- 13.What famous was read for the first time ever at the Six Gallery poetry reading in 1955?
- A.
Howl
- B.
A Supermarket in California
- 14.What was considered as the breakthrough from the Beat Generation?
- A.
On the Road
- B.
Howl
- C.
The Naked and the Dead
- D.
The Horn
- 15.Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl' is about him and his friends.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.What religon influenced the Beat Genaration?
- A.
Christianity
- B.
Buddism
- C.
Islam
- D.
Judaism
- 17.Jack Kerouac was content with the literature from his predecessors.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.What did the Beat-writers reject in American society?
- A.
Materialism and conventionalism
- B.
Drug and alcohol abuse
- C.
Jazz music and Zen-buddism
- D.
Communism
- 19.Afro-Americans were viewed by Beats as untroubled and in touch with the body.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.What was the ideal of a beatnik?
- A.
Being totally bum
- B.
Being smart
- C.
Being strong an healthy
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