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

2. Herbert Huncke introduced William S. Burroughs to _____________.
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Peyote.

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

4. Whom does Philip Whalen write of drinking with in "Prose Take-Out Portland 13:ix:58"?
(a) Jack Kerouac.
(b) Gregory Corso.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) Neal Cassady.

5. Where did Carl Soloman meet Allen Ginsberg?
(a) An art opening.
(b) Prison.
(c) A mental institution.
(d) A zoo.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When was Philip Lamantia born?

4. Where was Lew Welch born?

5. What is Allen Ginsberg's fictionalized name in the novel Go?

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