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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 is Jack Kerouac's fictionalized name in the novel Go?
(a) Hart Kennedy.
(b) Albert Ancke.
(c) Gene Pasternak.
(d) Paul Hobbes.

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

3. Where did Allen Ginsberg move in the 1950s?
(a) Berkeley, CA.
(b) San Francisco, CA.
(c) Sacramento, CA.
(d) Big Sur, CA.

4. To whom does Allen Ginsberg write from a mental institution in "Howl"?
(a) Mark Patterson.
(b) Neal Cassady.
(c) Carl Solomon.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

5. "Kaddish" is a poem about the life and death of whom?
(a) Sarah Ginsberg.
(b) Naomi Ginsberg.
(c) Alexis Ginsberg.
(d) Natalie Ginsberg.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Jack Kerouac attend college?

3. When was Gregory Corso born?

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

5. When was Philip Whalen born?

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