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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Beat Generation started off in what city?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) New Orleans.

2. "A Supermarket in America" describes Ginsberg grocery shopping with a vision of whom?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Norman Mailer.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Shakespeare.

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

4. Who is Jack Kerouac known as in On the Road?
(a) Carlo Marx.
(b) Jack Duluoz.
(c) Dean Moriarty.
(d) Sal Paradisio.

5. What is Jack Kerouac's most famous novel?
(a) The Dharma Bums.
(b) On the Road.
(c) Visions of Cody.
(d) Big Sur.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Neal Cassady known as in On the Road?

2. Where did Allen Ginsberg grow up?

3. What university did William S. Burroughs attend?

4. In the second excerpt from On the Road, where are the two main characters initially?

5. In what year was Jack Kerouac born?

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