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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 was Amiri Baraka born?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1930.

2. Who conceived the Six Gallery reading?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) Wally Hedrick.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) Floyd Williams.

3. What newsletter was created by Diane DiPrima and LeRoi Jones?
(a) "Floating Bear."
(b) "Beat Reader."
(c) "Yeti."
(d) "Free Man."

4. To whom does Allen Ginsberg write from a mental institution in "Howl"?
(a) Carl Solomon.
(b) Jack Kerouac.
(c) Mark Patterson.
(d) Neal Cassady.

5. When was Gregory Corso born?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1922.

Short Answer Questions

1. Baraka's letter to "Evergreen Review" discusses whose rules for writing prose?

2. When did the Six Gallery reading take place?

3. In what year was John Clellon Holmes born?

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

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

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