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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 "One Thousand Fearful Words for Fidel Castro," Ferlinghetti is convinced that Castro's cause is ___________.
(a) Powerless.
(b) Just.
(c) Evil.
(d) Insane.

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

3. What is the title of the first book Jack Kerouac published?
(a) On the Road.
(b) Big Sur.
(c) The Town and the City.
(d) The Dharma Bums.

4. What is the first excerpted selection of Gregory Corso's in the text?
(a) "The Mad Yak."
(b) "I Am 25."
(c) "Bomb."
(d) "Vision at Rotterdam."

5. In "Dinners and Nightmares," the author describes mashed potatoes and tomato sauce, which is referred to as _____________.
(a) "Menstrual potatoes."
(b) "Communist potatoes."
(c) "Scarlet potatoes."
(d) "Blood potatoes."

Short Answer Questions

1. William S. Burroughs' family made a fortune from producing ____________.

2. What former wife of Neal Cassady wrote about her experiences with Cassady and other beats in "Off the Road"?

3. Who is the author of the poem "Columbia U Poesy Reading--1975"?

4. Where did the Snyder family move when Gary was two years old?

5. Where does Highway Ninety-Nine begin?

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