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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 is Jack Kerouac's fictionalized name in the novel Go?
(a) Hart Kennedy.
(b) Albert Ancke.
(c) Gene Pasternak.
(d) Paul Hobbes.

2. Where did Allen Ginsberg move in the 1950s?
(a) Berkeley, CA.
(b) San Francisco, CA.
(c) Sacramento, CA.
(d) Big Sur, CA.

3. Where was Gregory Corso born?
(a) Boston, MA.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Sacramento, CA.
(d) Portland, OR.

4. How old is William Burroughs Junior when he first smokes marijuana in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

5. What kind of drivers does Gary Snyder refer to in "Night Highway Ninety-Nine"?
(a) New York.
(b) High.
(c) B.C.
(d) Lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Sourdough Mountain Lookout"?

2. In "Visions of Cody," Cody is especially talented at ______________.

3. Who is the author of "I Have Given Fair Warning"?

4. What is the name of the girl Kerouac describes meeting in "The Subterraneans"?

5. Where was Lew Welch born?

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