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What were American teens of the late-1940s and early-1950s either afraid of or rebelling against?

Question 1Select one:

a.
nuclear war / another world war

b.
suburbia / materialism


c.
conformity / societal norms


d.
all of these


e.
Cold War / Communism


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The birth of the teenager arose mainly because of Blank 1 Question 2
 
 , as the economy changed from a farming-based society to an industrial one, as teenagers were free from so much work at home.

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What are the main topics of beat poetry?

Question 3Select one:

a.
war, religion, conformity


b.
money, car culture, censorship


c.
controversy, nature, free love

d.
family, tradition, business


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From "The Beat Generation Characteristics":

Its first few lines capture the spirit of the Beat movement: madness, the streets, and drugs.  This "defining poem of the Beat generation debuted in 1955 when the World War II generation was raising their Baby Boomer kids in neat little houses with picket fences..."

Question 4Select one:

a.
"On the Road" by Jack Kerouac


b.
"Riprap" by Gary Snyder


c.
"Howl" by Alan Ginsberg


d.
"Junkman's Obbligato" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti


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The Beats were heavily influenced by the writings of the Romantics of the 18th Century and modern, Blank 1 Question 5
 

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Fill-in-the-Blank, from the lesson "Context: Post-War and the Birth of the Teenager"

"The Beats had shifted the epicenter of American life, Blank 1 Question 6
 
 , toward westward expansion, namely...1960s Blank 2 Question 6
 
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What are the characteristics of beat poetry?

Question 7Select one:

a.
simple diction, free verse, and emotional tone


b.
everyday speech, fixed verse, academic tone

c.
rigid rhythm, fixed verse, serious tone 


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According to "1950s Teens Rebel Against Society's Rules":

Why was Rock and Roll such a threat to many of American parents and community leaders?

Question 8Select one:

a.
Rock and roll was believed to lead to a teenage Communist revolt


b.
Rock and roll was feared to be capitalist in nature, and there was a fear of teens becoming greedy


c.
Rock and Roll caused teens to get into serious car accidents


d.
Rock and roll was considered "Black music" and supported integration of the races


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Fill-in-the-Blank, from the lesson "Context: Post-War and The Birth of the Teenager":

This new invention, the Blank 1 Question 9
 
 had portability, and with a Beatnik style it captured the ethos of American teen culture and presaged the hippie movement of the 1960s.
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From "The Beat Generation Characteristics":

Hundreds of years before, the Blank 1 Question 10
 
 school of poetry had rebelled against the Enlightenment school of reason and rationality.  

Also against rigid form and tradition, the Beat poets rebelled again the Modern school of Blank 2 Question 10
 
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Why was The Catcher in the Rye banned in schools?

Question 11Select one:

a.
all of these


b.
drinking and smoking


c.
lying / fear of juvenile delinquency


d.
profanity


e.
sexual innuendo


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According to "The Beat Generation Characteristics," Jack Kerouac coined the term "Beat" because he felt figuratively "beat down" by the conformity of the military and business cultures.

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