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

2. How many children did Neal Cassady's mother have before meeting his father?
(a) Two.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

3. What is Allen Ginsberg's fictionalized name in the novel Go?
(a) Albert Ancke.
(b) Hart Kennedy.
(c) David Stofsky.
(d) Paul Hobbes.

4. When was Philip Whalen born?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1923.

5. In what year was the novel Go published?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1948.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Neal Cassady born?

2. Whom did Neal Cassady marry in 1948?

3. When did the Six Gallery reading take place?

4. What is the first excerpted selection of Gregory Corso's in the text?

5. Where was Michael McClure born?

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