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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Jack Kerouac meet Neal Cassady?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1949.

2. In his letters to Kerouac, whom does Cassady write that he has been sleeping with, but her mother doesn't like him?
(a) Mary.
(b) Joan.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Patricia.

3. In "Sunflower Sutra," Ginsberg writes that a sunflower is trying to become a _______________.
(a) Butterfly.
(b) Rainbow.
(c) Locomotive.
(d) Computer.

4. When was Rotterdam bombed by the Nazis?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1940.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Beat Generation started off in what city?

2. For whom was Jack Kerouac once a sports writer?

3. Who is Allen Ginsberg known as in On the Road?

4. To whom does Allen Ginsberg write from a mental institution in "Howl"?

5. What is Jack Kerouac's most famous novel?

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