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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Neal Cassady's letter to Kerouac from Kansas City, Cassady explains how he met a girl named ___________.
(a) Sarah.
(b) Mary.
(c) Patricia.
(d) Carolyn.

4. What is the name of the girl Kerouac describes meeting in "The Subterraneans"?
(a) Marie.
(b) Stephanie.
(c) Mardou.
(d) Catalina.

5. In what year did Neal Cassady die?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1975.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Allen Ginsberg begin attending Columbia University?

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

3. What is the name of John Clellon Holmes' representation of himself in Go?

4. In what year was Allen Ginsberg born?

5. "Song" by Allen Ginsberg is a simple poem about ____________.

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