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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. Where did Allen Ginsberg grow up?
(a) Princeton, NJ.
(b) Patterson, NJ.
(c) Chicago, IL.
(d) New York, NY.

2. How old was Neal Cassady when he was first arrested for theft?
(a) 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

3. Where did Neal Cassady grow up?
(a) Denver.
(b) New York.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) San Francisco.

4. The Beat Generation started off in what city?
(a) Paris.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) New York.
(d) San Francisco.

5. In what year was the novel Go published?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1952.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the first of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poems featured in Some San Francisco Renaissance Poets Part One?

2. Upon which Beat writer was The Dharma Bums based?

3. Where was Michael McClure born?

4. What is the name of the character based on Neal Cassady in Go?

5. In Neal Cassady's letter to Kerouac from Kansas City, Cassady explains how he met a girl named ___________.

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