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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. William Everson credits Rexroth with launching Beat poetry more so than whom?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) Jack Kerouac.
(c) William Carlos Williams.
(d) William S. Burroughs.

2. How old was Neal Cassady when his parents divorced?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

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

4. In what year was William S. Burroughs born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1925.

5. "1001 Ways to Beat the Draft" was originally a _____________.
(a) Poem.
(b) Visual art installment.
(c) Novel.
(d) Pamphlet.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom was Jack Kerouac once a sports writer?

2. Where did Carl Soloman meet Allen Ginsberg?

3. When was Rotterdam bombed by the Nazis?

4. What was Amiri Baraka's birth name?

5. Where was Gregory Corso born?

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