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

2. What jazz musician does Jack Kerouac write about in "Mexico City Blues"?
(a) Satchmo.
(b) Louis Armstrong.
(c) Charlie Parker.
(d) Thelonius Monk.

3. William S. Burroughs' family made a fortune from producing ____________.
(a) Watches.
(b) Ink pens.
(c) Adding machines.
(d) Fur coats.

4. What is the first excerpted selection of Gregory Corso's in the text?
(a) "I Am 25."
(b) "Vision at Rotterdam."
(c) "Bomb."
(d) "The Mad Yak."

5. When was Rotterdam bombed by the Nazis?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1938.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event is one of the central focuses of "America"?

2. The Beat Generation started off in what city?

3. Where was Gregory Corso born?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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