The Portable Beat Reader Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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The Portable Beat Reader Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Other Fellow Travelers Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Neal Cassady move to New York and meet Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1947.

2. Where was Gregory Corso born?
(a) Portland, OR.
(b) Sacramento, CA.
(c) Boston, MA.
(d) New York, NY.

3. Where did Diane DiPrima attend college before dropping out to become a poet?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Swarthmore College.
(d) Rutgers University.

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

5. How old was Neal Cassady when he was first arrested for theft?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Amiri Baraka studied at what university?

2. Where was Gary Snyder born?

3. Who is the author of the poem "Plus Ca Change"?

4. How old was Neal Cassady when his parents divorced?

5. Whom does Neal Cassady write about visiting in the hospital after a suicide attempt in his letters to Kerouac?

(see the answer key)

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