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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 first excerpted selection of Gregory Corso's in the text?
(a) "The Mad Yak."
(b) "Bomb."
(c) "I Am 25."
(d) "Vision at Rotterdam."

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

3. When was Neal Cassady born?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1926.

4. William S. Burroughs' family made a fortune from producing ____________.
(a) Ink pens.
(b) Adding machines.
(c) Fur coats.
(d) Watches.

5. Where did Neal Cassady grow up?
(a) Denver.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his letters to Kerouac, whom does Cassady write that he has been sleeping with, but her mother doesn't like him?

2. The Beat Generation started off in what city?

3. Who is Neal Cassady known as in On the Road?

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

5. In what year did Neal Cassady die?

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