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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Philip Lamantia born?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1948.

2. Amiri Baraka studied at what university?
(a) Rutgers.
(b) University of Western Pennsylvania.
(c) UCLA.
(d) University of California Irvine.

3. Who cuts off someone's fingers in the poem "Nova Express"?
(a) A handicapped man.
(b) A little girl.
(c) A grandmother.
(d) A mother.

4. Frank O'Hara was a key member of what literary circle?
(a) New York School of Poetry.
(b) San Francisco Renaissance.
(c) Beat West Coast.
(d) New School of Poetry.

5. What Italian immigrants to America accused of anarchy are referred to in the poem "April Fool Birthday Poem for Grandpa"?
(a) Ancini and Rossi.
(b) Sacco and Vanzetti.
(c) Legari and Antoni.
(d) Bacco and Minusi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Philip Whalen write of drinking with in "Prose Take-Out Portland 13:ix:58"?

2. When was Gregory Corso born?

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

4. With whom did Brenda Frazer travel to Mexico City in the 1960s?

5. Upon which Beat writer was The Dharma Bums based?

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