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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Three Commentators on the Beat Generation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was John Clellon Holmes born?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1920.

2. Whom does Neal Cassady write about visiting in the hospital after a suicide attempt in his letters to Kerouac?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Patricia.
(c) Joan.
(d) Margaret.

3. Who is the author of the poem "The Canticle of Jack Kerouac"?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
(c) William S. Burroughs.
(d) Neal Cassady.

4. What is the name of Michael McClure's fictionalized character in Big Sur?
(a) Michael McLear.
(b) Mark McDougal.
(c) Pat McLear.
(d) Andrew Carlotti.

5. Where was Ed Sanders born?
(a) New Hope, PA.
(b) Patterson, NJ.
(c) Kansas City, MO.
(d) Little Rock, AR.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was Allen Ginsberg born?

3. What is the name of John Clellon Holmes' representation of himself in Go?

4. Peter Orlovsky was whose lover?

5. When was Alan Watts born?

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