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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. What business did Neal Cassady's father open in Los Angeles, CA?
(a) Candy Store.
(b) Bar.
(c) Barbershop.
(d) Convenience Store.

2. Whom does Neal Cassady write about visiting in the hospital after a suicide attempt in his letters to Kerouac?
(a) Patricia.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Joan.

3. What is the title of the first book Jack Kerouac published?
(a) Big Sur.
(b) On the Road.
(c) The Town and the City.
(d) The Dharma Bums.

4. The Beat Generation started off in what city?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) New Orleans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Neal Cassady's mother's name?

2. William Everson credits Rexroth with launching Beat poetry more so than whom?

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

4. "Kaddish" is a poem about the life and death of whom?

5. Who is the author of the poem "Plus Ca Change"?

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