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

2. Where was Jack Kerouac born?
(a) San Jose, CA.
(b) Lowell, MA.
(c) San Francisco, CA.
(d) New York, NY.

3. Where did Carl Soloman meet Allen Ginsberg?
(a) Prison.
(b) A mental institution.
(c) A zoo.
(d) An art opening.

4. When was Gregory Corso born?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1922.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Allen Ginsberg move in the 1950s?

5. In what year was John Clellon Holmes born?

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