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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Jack Kerouac attend college?
(a) NYU.
(b) Columbia.
(c) UCLA.
(d) Princeton.

3. 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) "Bomb."
(c) "Variations on a Generation."
(d) "Marriage."

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

5. "Kaddish" is a poem about the life and death of whom?
(a) Alexis Ginsberg.
(b) Sarah Ginsberg.
(c) Natalie Ginsberg.
(d) Naomi Ginsberg.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The character "Elsie John" in the poem by Herbert Huncke is a __________.

3. When did Neal Cassady's parents divorce?

4. What university did William S. Burroughs attend?

5. Where did Carl Soloman meet Allen Ginsberg?

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