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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. In what year was the novel Go published?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1955.

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

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

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

5. In "One Thousand Fearful Words for Fidel Castro," Ferlinghetti is convinced that Castro's cause is ___________.
(a) Just.
(b) Powerless.
(c) Evil.
(d) Insane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first excerpted selection of Gregory Corso's in the text?

2. William S. Burroughs' family made a fortune from producing ____________.

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

4. Where did Allen Ginsberg grow up?

5. William Everson credits Rexroth with launching Beat poetry more so than whom?

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