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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. What poem by Ray Bremser is included in the text?
(a) "Funny Lotus Blues..."
(b) "The Lament."
(c) "Behind Beat Bars."
(d) "Beat Tomorrow."

2. Who is the character Japhy Ryder is based on in "The Dharma Bums"?
(a) Gary Sneider.
(b) Jack Duluoz.
(c) Dean Moriarty.
(d) Cody Pomeray.

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

4. What university did William S. Burroughs attend?
(a) Rutgers.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale.
(d) Columbia.

5. Where was Michael McClure born?
(a) Marysville, Kansas.
(b) Jackson, Mississippi.
(c) Ft. Wayne, Kentucky.
(d) Little Rock, Arkansas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Charles Bukowski write an article about meeting shortly before his death in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?

2. What is Herbert Huncke's fictionalized name in Go?

3. William Everson credits Rexroth with launching Beat poetry more so than whom?

4. Albion is another name for what?

5. Where was Gary Snyder born?

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