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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. In what year was Jack Kerouac born?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1930.

2. What is the name of John Clellon Holmes' representation of himself in Go?
(a) Peter Henderson.
(b) Paul Hobbes.
(c) Michael Dollen.
(d) Peter Dexter.

3. How old was Neal Cassady when his parents divorced?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

4. What is the name of Michael McClure's fictionalized character in Big Sur?
(a) Michael McLear.
(b) Mark McDougal.
(c) Andrew Carlotti.
(d) Pat McLear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Neal Cassady's unfinished autobiography?

2. Whom does Neal Cassady write about visiting in the hospital after a suicide attempt in his letters to Kerouac?

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

4. Neal Cassady's moniker in "Visions of Cody" was Cody ______________.

5. When did Neal Cassady's parents divorce?

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