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

2. Which is the first of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poems featured in Some San Francisco Renaissance Poets Part One?
(a) "Dog."
(b) "America."
(c) "Coney Island of the Mind."
(d) "Lost Highway."

3. Where was Gary Snyder born?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) New York.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New Orleans.

4. When did Neal Cassady move to New York and meet Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1947.

5. Where was Neal Cassady born?
(a) Los Angeles, NY.
(b) Denver, CO.
(c) Salt Lake City, UT.
(d) New York, NY.

Short Answer Questions

1. What business did Neal Cassady's father open in Los Angeles, CA?

2. What word does Michael McClure frequently play with in "Peyote Poem"?

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

4. What were the charges brought against the poem "Howl"?

5. To whom does Allen Ginsberg write from a mental institution in "Howl"?

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