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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

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mystery.
B
movement.
C
disappointment.
D
tranquility.
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Jack Kerouac’s “The Railroad Earth” is best described as

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romantic poetry.
B
modern fiction.
C
conventional narrative.
D
spontaneous prose.
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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?

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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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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

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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?

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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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Why is “The Railroad Earth” considered both poetry and prose?

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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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Based on the style and language used in “The Railroad Earth,” Kerouac would most likely agree that the writing of the text

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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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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?

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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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