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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. Where did Diane DiPrima attend college before dropping out to become a poet?
(a) Swarthmore College.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) Rutgers University.

2. When did Neal Cassady's parents divorce?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1942.

3. Where is Diane DiPrima from?
(a) Los Angeles, California.
(b) Sacramento, California.
(c) Brooklyn, New York.
(d) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

4. "Song" by Allen Ginsberg is a simple poem about ____________.
(a) Love.
(b) Peace.
(c) Food.
(d) Freedom.

5. William S. Burroughs' family made a fortune from producing ____________.
(a) Adding machines.
(b) Fur coats.
(c) Ink pens.
(d) Watches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Baraka's letter to "Evergreen Review" discusses whose rules for writing prose?

2. What excerpt of Gregory Corso's questions what it means to be Beat and if there is even such a thing?

3. What was Allen Ginsberg's father's name?

4. What is the name of Michael McClure's fictionalized character in Big Sur?

5. In what year was William S. Burroughs born?

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