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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Enter Neal Cassady.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event is one of the central focuses of "America"?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The Cold War.
(c) The Spanish War.
(d) World War III.

2. What is Neal Cassady's mother's name?
(a) Marie.
(b) Anne.
(c) Naomi.
(d) Maude.

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

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

5. In what year was William S. Burroughs born?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1929.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the character Japhy Ryder is based on in "The Dharma Bums"?

2. Where was Neal Cassady born?

3. Whom did Neal Cassady marry in 1948?

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

5. In what year was Jack Kerouac born?

(see the answer key)

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