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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. In what year was John Clellon Holmes born?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1926.

2. Where is the city of Rotterdam, cited in Corso's "Vision of Rotterdam"?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) Netherlands.
(d) France.

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

4. "Song" by Allen Ginsberg is a simple poem about ____________.
(a) Food.
(b) Peace.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year does Jack Kerouac meet Neal Cassady?

3. What excerpt of Gregory Corso's questions what it means to be Beat and if there is even such a thing?

4. What is the first excerpted selection of Gregory Corso's in the text?

5. What is the title of the first book Jack Kerouac published?

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