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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. Where did Allen Ginsberg move in the 1950s?
(a) Sacramento, CA.
(b) Big Sur, CA.
(c) San Francisco, CA.
(d) Berkeley, CA.

2. What is Allen Ginsberg's most famous work?
(a) "Song."
(b) "Kaddish."
(c) "America."
(d) "Howl."

3. What excerpt of Gregory Corso's questions what it means to be Beat and if there is even such a thing?
(a) "Song of a Generation."
(b) "Marriage."
(c) "Variations on a Generation."
(d) "Bomb."

4. What university did William S. Burroughs attend?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Yale.
(c) Rutgers.
(d) Harvard.

5. What business did Neal Cassady's father open in Los Angeles, CA?
(a) Bar.
(b) Barbershop.
(c) Convenience Store.
(d) Candy Store.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which poem of Amiri Baraka's describes the black music scene in Newark in the early 1960s?

2. When did Neal Cassady's parents divorce?

3. The character "Elsie John" in the poem by Herbert Huncke is a __________.

4. When did Herbert Huncke meet William S. Burroughs?

5. In what year did Allen Ginsberg meet Neal Cassady?

(see the answer key)

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