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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Dinners and Nightmares," the author describes mashed potatoes and tomato sauce, which is referred to as _____________.
(a) "Blood potatoes."
(b) "Menstrual potatoes."
(c) "Communist potatoes."
(d) "Scarlet potatoes."

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

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

4. In what year was William S. Burroughs born?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1925.

5. What kind of drivers does Gary Snyder refer to in "Night Highway Ninety-Nine"?
(a) B.C.
(b) New York.
(c) High.
(d) Lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jack Kerouac's fictionalized name in the novel Go?

2. Who wrote the poem "Nova Express"?

3. Whom did Neal Cassady marry in 1948?

4. In what year does William Burroughs Junior go to visit his father in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?

5. Who is the author of the poem "A Berry Feast"?

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