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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. In what year was John Clellon Holmes born?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1919.

2. Who "poofed into fat air" in the poem "Columbia U Poesy Reading--1975"?
(a) Gregory Corso.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) Philip Whalen.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

3. What is Neal Cassady's mother's name?
(a) Anne.
(b) Maude.
(c) Naomi.
(d) Marie.

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

5. "Poem from Jail" discusses the necessity of banning ____________.
(a) Religion.
(b) Pornography.
(c) Communism.
(d) Nuclear weapons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jack Kerouac's most famous novel?

2. In what year did Neal Cassady die?

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

4. Who is the daughter of Jack Kerouac and wrote a book about her experiences?

5. When was Amiri Baraka born?

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