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

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

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

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

5. Where was Gregory Corso born?
(a) Sacramento, CA.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Portland, OR.
(d) Boston, MA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Herbert Huncke introduced William S. Burroughs to _____________.

2. For whom was Jack Kerouac once a sports writer?

3. In what year was the novel Go published?

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

5. In "Sunflower Sutra," Ginsberg writes that a sunflower is trying to become a _______________.

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