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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. Which poem of Peter Orlovsky's is included in the anthology?
(a) "Song."
(b) "Lover Cry."
(c) "Lepers Cry."
(d) "Lament Lament."

2. "1001 Ways to Beat the Draft" was originally a _____________.
(a) Poem.
(b) Novel.
(c) Pamphlet.
(d) Visual art installment.

3. Who wrote "Sourdough Mountain Lookout"?
(a) Gregory Corso.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) Philip Whalen.

4. When did Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and LeRoi Jones throw a party for the prison release of Ray Bremser?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1948.

5. Where was Ed Sanders born?
(a) New Hope, PA.
(b) Little Rock, AR.
(c) Patterson, NJ.
(d) Kansas City, MO.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who conceived the Six Gallery reading?

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

3. Where did Allen Ginsberg move in the 1950s?

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

5. In "One Thousand Fearful Words for Fidel Castro," Ferlinghetti is convinced that Castro's cause is ___________.

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