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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Enter Neal Cassady.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Neal Cassady born?
(a) Los Angeles, NY.
(b) Denver, CO.
(c) Salt Lake City, UT.
(d) New York, NY.

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

3. In what year did Allen Ginsberg meet Neal Cassady?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1950.

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

5. What jazz musician does Jack Kerouac write about in "Mexico City Blues"?
(a) Louis Armstrong.
(b) Satchmo.
(c) Charlie Parker.
(d) Thelonius Monk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Neal Cassady's unfinished autobiography?

2. What is Herbert Huncke's fictionalized name in Go?

3. In the 211th Chorus of "Mexico City Blues," Jack Kerouac wishes to be freed from the material world through _____________.

4. In Neal Cassady's letter to Kerouac from Kansas City, Cassady explains how he met a girl named ___________.

5. In what year did Gregory Corso meet Allen Ginsberg?

(see the answer key)

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