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

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

3. In "Sunflower Sutra," Ginsberg writes that a sunflower is trying to become a _______________.
(a) Locomotive.
(b) Computer.
(c) Butterfly.
(d) Rainbow.

4. What is the name of the character based on Neal Cassady in Go?
(a) Joe Kimble.
(b) Hart Kennedy.
(c) Andew Kennedy.
(d) Mark Skawinski.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What university did William S. Burroughs attend?

2. The character "Elsie John" in the poem by Herbert Huncke is a __________.

3. What is Allen Ginsberg's fictionalized name in the novel Go?

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

5. When was Gregory Corso born?

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