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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. In what year did Gregory Corso meet Allen Ginsberg?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1944.

2. Where was Bob Kaufman born?
(a) Los Angeles, California.
(b) New Orleans, Louisiana.
(c) Baton Rouge, Lousiana.
(d) St. Petersburg, Russia.

3. At which college did John Wieners study poetry?
(a) Black Mountain College.
(b) UCLA.
(c) NYU.
(d) Remington College.

4. Neal Cassady's moniker in "Visions of Cody" was Cody ______________.
(a) Duluoz.
(b) Paradise.
(c) Martinez.
(d) Pomeray.

5. Who is "Mr. Dullness" likely a reference to in the poem "A Dim View of Berkeley in the Spring"?
(a) Andrew Lloyd Webber.
(b) Matthew Dulles.
(c) Christopher Anderson Dull.
(d) John Foster Dulles.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Neal Cassady's parents divorce?

2. Who became Allen Ginsberg's lover after his move to California?

3. Who wrote "Sourdough Mountain Lookout"?

4. What poem by Ray Bremser is included in the text?

5. In his letters to Kerouac, whom does Cassady write that he has been sleeping with, but her mother doesn't like him?

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