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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tales of Beatnik Glory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which poem of Peter Orlovsky's is included in the anthology?
(a) "Song."
(b) "Lepers Cry."
(c) "Lover Cry."
(d) "Lament Lament."

2. What is the name of the character based on Neal Cassady in Go?
(a) Hart Kennedy.
(b) Joe Kimble.
(c) Mark Skawinski.
(d) Andew Kennedy.

3. When was Philip Lamantia born?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1927.

4. Who is Jack Kerouac known as in On the Road?
(a) Jack Duluoz.
(b) Dean Moriarty.
(c) Carlo Marx.
(d) Sal Paradisio.

5. When was Neal Cassady born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1926.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Michael McClure's fictionalized character in Big Sur?

2. When was Rotterdam bombed by the Nazis?

3. What is the name of the girl Kerouac describes meeting in "The Subterraneans"?

4. Where was Ann Waldron born?

5. Which poem of Amiri Baraka's describes the black music scene in Newark in the early 1960s?

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