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Jack Kerouac’s “The Railroad Earth” is best described as

A
romantic poetry.
B
modern fiction.
C
conventional narrative.
D
spontaneous prose.
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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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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.”O well anyway I'll be learning eventually to like the railroad and Sherman will like me some day, and anyway another day another dollar.The narrator of this excerpt can best be described as

A
friendly.
B
optimistic.
C
wealthy.
D
intelligent.
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Read the excerpt from “The Railroad Earth.”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. . . . My little room at 6 in the comfy dawn (at 4:30) and before me all that time, that fresh-eyed time for a little coffee to boil water on my hot plate, throw some coffee in, stir it, French style, slowly carefully pour it in my white tin cup, throw sugar in. . . . What does this excerpt suggest about the narrator?

A
He lives in miserable conditions and greatly suffers.
B
He spends too much money on food and coffee.
C
He is content even though he lives in a run-down building.
D
He has overslept and as a result will be late for work.
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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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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.” the door knocks and it's the desk keeper of the flop hotel with silver rims and white hair and clean clothes and sickly potbelly said he was from Rocky Mount and looked like yes, he had been desk clerk of the Nash Buncome Association hotel down there in 50 successive heatwave summersThe excerpt best illustrates Jack Kerouac’s use of

A
repetition.
B
invented words.
C
dialogue.
D
minimal punctuation.
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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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Read the excerpt from “The Railroad Earth.”I'd take walks up Harrison and the boomcrash of truck traffic towards the glorious girders of the Oakland Bay Bridge that you could see after climbing Harrison Hill a little like radar machine of eternity in the sky, huge, in the blue, by pure clouds crossed, gulls, idiot cars streaking to destinations on its undinal boom across shmoshwaters flocked up by winds and news of San Rafael storms and flash boats.The syntax of the excerpt helps to create a feeling of

A
mystery.
B
movement.
C
disappointment.
D
tranquility.

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