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

2. What is Herbert Huncke's fictionalized name in Go?
(a) Albert Ancke.
(b) Hart Kennedy.
(c) Paul Hobbes.
(d) Peter Henderson.

3. What is the title of Neal Cassady's unfinished autobiography?
(a) "The Kesey Bus."
(b) "The Final Third."
(c) "The Fast Years."
(d) "The First Third."

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

5. Which is the first of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poems featured in Some San Francisco Renaissance Poets Part One?
(a) "America."
(b) "Coney Island of the Mind."
(c) "Lost Highway."
(d) "Dog."

Short Answer Questions

1. In his letters to Kerouac, whom does Cassady write that he has been sleeping with, but her mother doesn't like him?

2. What is the name of Michael McClure's fictionalized character in Big Sur?

3. How many children did Neal Cassady's mother have before meeting his father?

4. What is the name of the character based on Neal Cassady in Go?

5. Where was Ray Bremser born?

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