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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Enter Neal Cassady.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the character based on Neal Cassady in Go?
(a) Joe Kimble.
(b) Hart Kennedy.
(c) Andew Kennedy.
(d) Mark Skawinski.

2. "Song" by Allen Ginsberg is a simple poem about ____________.
(a) Food.
(b) Peace.
(c) Love.
(d) Freedom.

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

4. What is the title of the first book Jack Kerouac published?
(a) The Dharma Bums.
(b) The Town and the City.
(c) On the Road.
(d) Big Sur.

5. What jazz musician does Jack Kerouac write about in "Mexico City Blues"?
(a) Thelonius Monk.
(b) Charlie Parker.
(c) Satchmo.
(d) Louis Armstrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Allen Ginsberg move in the 1950s?

2. Where was Gregory Corso born?

3. What is Jack Kerouac's fictionalized name in the novel Go?

4. When did Neal Cassady's parents divorce?

5. "Kaddish" is a poem about the life and death of whom?

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