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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. What does Dean trade for a a watch in Mexico in On the Road?
(a) A ring.
(b) Crystal.
(c) Money.
(d) Marijuana.

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

3. What excerpt of Gregory Corso's questions what it means to be Beat and if there is even such a thing?
(a) "Bomb."
(b) "Song of a Generation."
(c) "Marriage."
(d) "Variations on a Generation."

4. What was Allen Ginsberg's father's name?
(a) Mark.
(b) James.
(c) Louis.
(d) Carlo.

5. In what year does Jack Kerouac meet Neal Cassady?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1949.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What university did William S. Burroughs attend?

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

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

5. In what year did Gregory Corso meet Allen Ginsberg?

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