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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Herbert Huncke, John Clellon Holmes, Carl Solomon, and Gregory Corso.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Jack Kerouac's fictionalized name in the novel Go?
(a) Paul Hobbes.
(b) Albert Ancke.
(c) Gene Pasternak.
(d) Hart Kennedy.

3. In what year did Gregory Corso meet Allen Ginsberg?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1944.

4. Herbert Huncke introduced William S. Burroughs to _____________.
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Peyote.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Heroin.

5. The character "Elsie John" in the poem by Herbert Huncke is a __________.
(a) Zoologist.
(b) Fisherman.
(c) Housewife.
(d) Hermaphrodite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who became Allen Ginsberg's lover after his move to California?

2. What jazz musician does Jack Kerouac write about in "Mexico City Blues"?

3. In the 211th Chorus of "Mexico City Blues," Jack Kerouac wishes to be freed from the material world through _____________.

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

5. What does Dean trade for a a watch in Mexico in On the Road?

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