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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 university did William S. Burroughs attend?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Rutgers.
(d) Yale.

2. Where did Allen Ginsberg move in the 1950s?
(a) Berkeley, CA.
(b) Big Sur, CA.
(c) Sacramento, CA.
(d) San Francisco, CA.

3. In the second excerpt from On the Road, where are the two main characters initially?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) California.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Wyoming.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Neal Cassady die?

2. In "Visions of Cody," Cody is especially talented at ______________.

3. Where is the city of Rotterdam, cited in Corso's "Vision of Rotterdam"?

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

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

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