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

2. What is Allen Ginsberg's most famous work?
(a) "America."
(b) "Howl."
(c) "Kaddish."
(d) "Song."

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

4. To whom does Allen Ginsberg write from a mental institution in "Howl"?
(a) Jack Kerouac.
(b) Carl Solomon.
(c) Neal Cassady.
(d) Mark Patterson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Allen Ginsberg meet Neal Cassady?

2. "A Supermarket in America" describes Ginsberg grocery shopping with a vision of whom?

3. What is the name of the evil force that is everywhere in "Howl"?

4. Where did Allen Ginsberg grow up?

5. In "Sunflower Sutra," Ginsberg writes that a sunflower is trying to become a _______________.

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