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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Other Fellow Travelers Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose death is "Thou Shalt Not Kill" written in mourning of?
(a) Dylan Thomas.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

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

3. In what year was Allen Ginsberg born?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1929.

4. What was Allen Ginsberg's father's name?
(a) James.
(b) Carlo.
(c) Mark.
(d) Louis.

5. At which college did John Wieners study poetry?
(a) Remington College.
(b) NYU.
(c) Black Mountain College.
(d) UCLA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is "Mr. Dullness" likely a reference to in the poem "A Dim View of Berkeley in the Spring"?

2. When was Philip Lamantia born?

3. How many children did Neal Cassady's mother have before meeting his father?

4. When did Lew Welch enlist in the Army Air Corp?

5. Which is the first of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poems featured in Some San Francisco Renaissance Poets Part One?

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