Question 1
The writings of Beat author Jack Kerouac __________.
A) were condemned as communist during the McCarthy hearings
B) supported the passage of additional social reform programs
C) advocated against conformity and consumerism
D) combined psychology and religion to promote positive thinking
Question 2
Based on these maps of the Pacific and Caribbean theaters of war, what accounted for a quick and overwhelming American victory in the Spanish-American War?
A) guerrilla attacks and ambushes launched against Spanish forces
B) powerful American professional military forces
C) tight alliances with both the Cuban and Filipino rebels
D) superior American naval power
Question 3
Allan Ginsberg's controversial 1955 poem Howl portrayed __________.
A) protests against the Cold War and communism
B) the problems related to affluence and conspicuous consumption by the middle class
C) rebellion by middle-class suburban teenagers against their parents
D) the lives of those who lived beyond the mainstream of American life