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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. Who is Allen Ginsberg known as in On the Road?
(a) Dean Moriarty.
(b) Cody Pomeray.
(c) Jack Duluoz.
(d) Carlo Marx.

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

3. What university did William S. Burroughs attend?
(a) Yale.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Rutgers.
(d) Harvard.

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

5. In what year was William S. Burroughs born?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1925.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Allen Ginsberg born?

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

3. "Kaddish" is a poem about the life and death of whom?

4. Where did Jack Kerouac attend college?

5. For whom was Jack Kerouac once a sports writer?

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