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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 event is one of the central focuses of "America"?
(a) The Cold War.
(b) World War III.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The Spanish War.

2. Neal Cassady's moniker in "Visions of Cody" was Cody ______________.
(a) Duluoz.
(b) Pomeray.
(c) Martinez.
(d) Paradise.

3. Where was Neal Cassady born?
(a) Denver, CO.
(b) Los Angeles, NY.
(c) Salt Lake City, UT.
(d) New York, NY.

4. When did Neal Cassady move to New York and meet Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1942.

5. In his letters to Kerouac, whom does Cassady write that he has been sleeping with, but her mother doesn't like him?
(a) Joan.
(b) Patricia.
(c) Mary.
(d) Margaret.

Short Answer Questions

1. Herbert Huncke introduced William S. Burroughs to _____________.

2. Who is the character Japhy Ryder is based on in "The Dharma Bums"?

3. In what year did Neal Cassady die?

4. Where was Jack Kerouac born?

5. What excerpt of Gregory Corso's questions what it means to be Beat and if there is even such a thing?

(see the answer key)

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