Beat Generation Literature: Themes and Symbols Quiz
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Beat Generation Literature? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What grand American ideal was most hated by the Beats?
Baseball
Capitalism
Christianity
Taxes
Q. What word does Williams Burroughs use to refer to his drug of choice?
Ice
Orogone
Junk
Mary Jane
Q. What obsession of American polite society did the Beats overturn?
censorship
straight teeth
home ownership
college education
Q. What grammatical convention were the Beats not worried about?
punctuation
sentence length
page numbers
all of the above
Q. Which of the following literary devices did the Beats most closely pay attention to?
plot
character development
long uninterrupted sentences
chapter headings