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

2. Who is "Mr. Dullness" likely a reference to in the poem "A Dim View of Berkeley in the Spring"?
(a) Matthew Dulles.
(b) Christopher Anderson Dull.
(c) John Foster Dulles.
(d) Andrew Lloyd Webber.

3. In "Dinners and Nightmares," the author describes mashed potatoes and tomato sauce, which is referred to as _____________.
(a) "Scarlet potatoes."
(b) "Blood potatoes."
(c) "Communist potatoes."
(d) "Menstrual potatoes."

4. Whom did Charles Bukowski write an article about meeting shortly before his death in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) Neal Cassady.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) William S. Burroughs.

5. What is the first excerpted selection of Gregory Corso's in the text?
(a) "Vision at Rotterdam."
(b) "The Mad Yak."
(c) "Bomb."
(d) "I Am 25."

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was John Clellon Holmes born?

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

3. With whom did Brenda Frazer travel to Mexico City in the 1960s?

4. In what year was the novel Go published?

5. When was Gregory Corso born?

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