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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. "Song" by Allen Ginsberg is a simple poem about ____________.
(a) Peace.
(b) Food.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Love.

2. Herbert Huncke introduced William S. Burroughs to _____________.
(a) Heroin.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Peyote.
(d) Marijuana.

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

4. When was Philip Whalen born?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1930.

5. What university did William S. Burroughs attend?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Rutgers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the West Coast literary revolution which was heralded largely by the Six Gallery reading?

2. Where did Allen Ginsberg move in the 1950s?

3. Who is Neal Cassady known as in On the Road?

4. The Beat Generation started off in what city?

5. What is Jack Kerouac's most famous novel?

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