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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 the second excerpt from On the Road, where are the two main characters initially?
(a) California.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Nebraska.

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

3. When was Ray Bremser born?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1934.

4. "1001 Ways to Beat the Draft" was originally a _____________.
(a) Visual art installment.
(b) Pamphlet.
(c) Novel.
(d) Poem.

5. Whom did Charles Bukowski write an article about meeting shortly before his death in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?
(a) Neal Cassady.
(b) William S. Burroughs.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) Jack Kerouac.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the character Japhy Ryder is based on in "The Dharma Bums"?

2. In what year does William Burroughs Junior go to visit his father in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?

3. What word does Michael McClure frequently play with in "Peyote Poem"?

4. In his letters to Kerouac, whom does Cassady write that he has been sleeping with, but her mother doesn't like him?

5. In what year did Neal Cassady die?

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