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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Some San Francisco Renaissance Poets Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Neal Cassady born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1922.

2. What is Jack Kerouac's fictionalized name in the novel Go?
(a) Paul Hobbes.
(b) Hart Kennedy.
(c) Albert Ancke.
(d) Gene Pasternak.

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

4. What is the name of the West Coast literary revolution which was heralded largely by the Six Gallery reading?
(a) California Renaissance.
(b) San Francisco Six.
(c) San Francisco Renaissance.
(d) West Coast School of Poetry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Allen Ginsberg born?

2. In the 211th Chorus of "Mexico City Blues," Jack Kerouac wishes to be freed from the material world through _____________.

3. Where did Jack Kerouac attend college?

4. "A Supermarket in America" describes Ginsberg grocery shopping with a vision of whom?

5. Where did Carl Soloman meet Allen Ginsberg?

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