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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. Where does Highway Ninety-Nine begin?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Washington.
(d) New York.

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

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

4. Who wrote "Sourdough Mountain Lookout"?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) Philip Whalen.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) Gregory Corso.

5. Who conceived the Six Gallery reading?
(a) Wally Hedrick.
(b) Jack Kerouac.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) Floyd Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excerpt of Gregory Corso's questions what it means to be Beat and if there is even such a thing?

2. What is "tea" in reference to in the poem "A Poem for the Tea Heads"?

3. Who is a former girlfriend of Jack Kerouac and wrote a book called "Minor Characters" about some of the lesser known people in Beat circles?

4. Where did Neal Cassady grow up?

5. What poem of Brenda Frazer's is included in the anthology?

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