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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 does Jack Kerouac meet Neal Cassady?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1944.

2. When did Herbert Huncke meet William S. Burroughs?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1947.

3. In what year was William S. Burroughs born?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1914.

4. Who is Neal Cassady known as in On the Road?
(a) Cody Pomeray.
(b) Carlo Marx.
(c) Jonny Moriarty.
(d) Dean Moriarty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second excerpt from On the Road, where are the two main characters initially?

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

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

4. What is the name of John Clellon Holmes' representation of himself in Go?

5. Herbert Huncke introduced William S. Burroughs to _____________.

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