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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Other Fellow Travelers Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Amiri Baraka studied at what university?
(a) UCLA.
(b) Rutgers.
(c) University of Western Pennsylvania.
(d) University of California Irvine.

2. What is the name of the West Coast literary revolution which was heralded largely by the Six Gallery reading?
(a) California Renaissance.
(b) West Coast School of Poetry.
(c) San Francisco Six.
(d) San Francisco Renaissance.

3. "Kaddish" is a poem about the life and death of whom?
(a) Sarah Ginsberg.
(b) Alexis Ginsberg.
(c) Naomi Ginsberg.
(d) Natalie Ginsberg.

4. In Neal Cassady's letter to Kerouac from Kansas City, Cassady explains how he met a girl named ___________.
(a) Patricia.
(b) Carolyn.
(c) Mary.
(d) Sarah.

5. To whom does Allen Ginsberg write from a mental institution in "Howl"?
(a) Jack Kerouac.
(b) Mark Patterson.
(c) Carl Solomon.
(d) Neal Cassady.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Herbert Huncke meet William S. Burroughs?

2. When did Amiri Baraka adopt his current name?

3. What is Allen Ginsberg's most famous work?

4. Where did the Six Gallery reading take place?

5. What is the dog looking at questioningly in the poem "Dog"?

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