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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Some San Francisco Renaissance Poets Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Neal Cassady move to New York and meet Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1950.

2. Who is the character Japhy Ryder is based on in "The Dharma Bums"?
(a) Gary Sneider.
(b) Dean Moriarty.
(c) Cody Pomeray.
(d) Jack Duluoz.

3. William Everson credits Rexroth with launching Beat poetry more so than whom?
(a) William Carlos Williams.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) William S. Burroughs.

4. What word does Michael McClure frequently play with in "Peyote Poem"?
(a) Cactus.
(b) Needle.
(c) Stomach.
(d) Dream.

5. Where did the Six Gallery reading take place?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The character "Elsie John" in the poem by Herbert Huncke is a __________.

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

4. Whom does Neal Cassady write about visiting in the hospital after a suicide attempt in his letters to Kerouac?

5. In what year does Jack Kerouac meet Neal Cassady?

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