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Read the excerpt from “The Railroad Earth.”——Ah me how but it was a hell and now I had the whole thing to myself, and make my raisin toast by sitting it on a little wire I'd especially bent to place over the hot plateWithin these lines, where is the most appropriate place for a pause?

A
after “Ah”
B
after “myself”
C
after “toast”
D
after “bent”
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Read the excerpt from “The Railroad Earth.”There was a little alley in San Francisco back of the Southern Pacific station at Third and Townsend in redbrick of drowsy lazy afternoons with everybody at work in offices in the air you feel the impending rush of their commuter frenzy as soon they'll be charging en masse from Market and Sansome buildings on foot and in buses The author includes these details to

A
compare lazy afternoons with hectic work days.
B
describe San Francisco just before rush hour.
C
clarify how employees commute to their offices.
D
explain his job at the Southern Pacific station.
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Which line from “The Railroad Earth” best illustrates Jack Kerouac’s nonstandard or invented words?

A
But it was that beautiful cut of clouds I could always see above the little S.P. alley, puffs floating by from Oakland or the Gate of Marin to the north or San Jose south
B
or some of them I can now as I leave hear beginning to disfawdle to wake in their rooms and with their moans and yorks and scrapings
C
I'm going down the steps to work, glance to check time of watch with clerk cage clock.
D
And the Bible on my desk next to the peanut butter, the lettuce, the raisin bread, the crack in the plaster, the stiff-with-old dust lace drape now no longer laceable
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Why is “The Railroad Earth” considered both poetry and prose?

A
It contains poetic elements but is much longer than typical poetry.
B
It is conventional in structure but has the detailed descriptions characteristic of poetry.
C
It is a flowing narrative that has poetic rhythm but no line breaks.
D
It contains internal rhyme schemes but uses them to describe a nonfiction story.
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Read the excerpt from “The Railroad Earth.”So there I am in dawn in my dim cell——2½ hours to go till the time I have to stick my railroad watch in my jean watchpocket and cut out Within these lines, where is the most appropriate place for a pause?

A
after “dawn”
B
after “cell”
C
after “railroad”
D
after “jean”
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Which line from “The Railroad Earth” best illustrates the influence of American blues and jazz on Kerouac’s style?

A
I put the light out on the sad dab mad grub little diving room and hustle out into the fog of the flow
B
O well anyway I'll be learning eventually to like the railroad and Sherman will like me some day
C
I had heard that peanut butter and lettuce contained all the vitamins you should want
D
But it was that beautiful cut of clouds I could always see above the little S.P. alley
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Which line from “The Railroad Earth” best illustrates the influence of jazz music on Jack Kerouac’s style?

A
old faces looking up over rimless spectacles bought in some West Virginia or Florida or Liverpool England pawnshop long before I was born
B
the reading rooms tick tock bigclock with creak chair and slantboards
C
I hear far off in the sense of coming night that engine calling our mountains
D
anyway I'll be learning eventually to like the railroad and Sherman will like me some day
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Based on “The Railroad Earth,” Jack Kerouac would most likely agree with which statement?

A
Writing should depict purely fictional characters and events.
B
Writing should be compressed and to the point.
C
Writing should be spontaneous and unconventional.
D
Writing should describe only the beautiful aspects of nature.
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Read the excerpt from “The Railroad Earth.”It was the fantastic drowse and drum hum of lum mum afternoon nathin' to do, ole Frisco with end of land sadness——the people——the alley full of trucks and cars of businesses nearabouts and nobody knew or far from cared who I was all my life three thousand five hundred miles from birth-O opened up and at last belonged to me in Great America.Which best describes the effect of the author’s word choice?

A
It portrays the dialect used by the people of ole Frisco.
B
It creates a musical, rhythmic quality.
C
It details the author’s hectic lifestyle.
D
It provides information about the author’s background.
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Based on the style and language used in “The Railroad Earth,” Kerouac would most likely agree that the writing of the text

A
was greatly influenced by his favorite jazz musicians.
B
was a result of his interest in Japanese haiku.
C
was inspired by his interest in Buddhism and spiritual enlightenment.
D
was an attempt to create a work to initiate the Beat movement.

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