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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. Where did Allen Ginsberg grow up?
(a) Princeton, NJ.
(b) Patterson, NJ.
(c) Chicago, IL.
(d) New York, NY.

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

3. In the 211th Chorus of "Mexico City Blues," Jack Kerouac wishes to be freed from the material world through _____________.
(a) Money.
(b) America.
(c) Death.
(d) Liberation.

4. For whom was Jack Kerouac once a sports writer?
(a) The Princeton Review.
(b) The Columbia Sun.
(c) The Herald Review.
(d) The Lowell Sun.

5. "Song" by Allen Ginsberg is a simple poem about ____________.
(a) Love.
(b) Peace.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the first book Jack Kerouac published?

2. In what year was Allen Ginsberg born?

3. To whom does Allen Ginsberg write from a mental institution in "Howl"?

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

5. The Beat Generation started off in what city?

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