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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tales of Beatnik Glory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Gary Snyder attend college?
(a) Swarthmore College.
(b) NYU.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) Reed College.

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

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

4. Who wrote "Sourdough Mountain Lookout"?
(a) Jack Kerouac.
(b) Philip Whalen.
(c) Gregory Corso.
(d) Allen Ginsberg.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lew Welch enlist in the Army Air Corp?

2. Who is the daughter of Jack Kerouac and wrote a book about her experiences?

3. In what year does William Burroughs Junior go to visit his father in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?

4. What was the name of Gary Snyder's father?

5. What kind of drivers does Gary Snyder refer to in "Night Highway Ninety-Nine"?

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