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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. For whom was Jack Kerouac once a sports writer?
(a) The Columbia Sun.
(b) The Lowell Sun.
(c) The Herald Review.
(d) The Princeton Review.

2. Where did Jack Kerouac attend college?
(a) Columbia.
(b) NYU.
(c) Princeton.
(d) UCLA.

3. When did Herbert Huncke meet William S. Burroughs?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1951.

4. Where was Gregory Corso born?
(a) New York, NY.
(b) Boston, MA.
(c) Portland, OR.
(d) Sacramento, CA.

5. In what year was Jack Kerouac born?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1925.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In "Sunflower Sutra," Ginsberg writes that a sunflower is trying to become a _______________.

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

5. Who is the character Japhy Ryder is based on in "The Dharma Bums"?

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