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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Herbert Huncke, John Clellon Holmes, Carl Solomon, and Gregory Corso.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the evil force that is everywhere in "Howl"?
(a) Malachai.
(b) Michael.
(c) Moloch.
(d) Dostai.

2. "A Supermarket in America" describes Ginsberg grocery shopping with a vision of whom?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Norman Mailer.
(d) Walt Whitman.

3. Where did Allen Ginsberg grow up?
(a) Princeton, NJ.
(b) Patterson, NJ.
(c) New York, NY.
(d) Chicago, IL.

4. The character "Elsie John" in the poem by Herbert Huncke is a __________.
(a) Fisherman.
(b) Housewife.
(c) Zoologist.
(d) Hermaphrodite.

5. Where is the city of Rotterdam, cited in Corso's "Vision of Rotterdam"?
(a) France.
(b) Netherlands.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Carl Soloman meet Allen Ginsberg?

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

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

4. Who is Jack Kerouac known as in On the Road?

5. What is the name of John Clellon Holmes' representation of himself in Go?

(see the answer key)

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