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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 was Jack Kerouac born?
(a) New York, NY.
(b) San Francisco, CA.
(c) Lowell, MA.
(d) San Jose, CA.

2. What was Allen Ginsberg's father's name?
(a) Louis.
(b) Mark.
(c) James.
(d) Carlo.

3. The character "Elsie John" in the poem by Herbert Huncke is a __________.
(a) Fisherman.
(b) Hermaphrodite.
(c) Housewife.
(d) Zoologist.

4. When was Rotterdam bombed by the Nazis?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1939.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Neal Cassady grow up?

3. William Everson credits Rexroth with launching Beat poetry more so than whom?

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

5. Who is the character Japhy Ryder is based on in "The Dharma Bums"?

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