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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. What was the name of Gary Snyder's father?
(a) Mark.
(b) Harold.
(c) Ezekiel.
(d) Henry.

2. What business did Neal Cassady's father open in Los Angeles, CA?
(a) Candy Store.
(b) Barbershop.
(c) Convenience Store.
(d) Bar.

3. Who developed the "cut-up" method of writing used by William S. Burroughs?
(a) Gregory Corso.
(b) Ray Bremser.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) Brion Gysin.

4. According to Norman Mailer's "The White Negro," to avoid conformity, hipsters adopted the styles of ______ who were kept out of mainstream American culture by force.
(a) African-Americans.
(b) Women.
(c) Immigrants.
(d) Outlaws.

5. Where was Lew Welch born?
(a) Phoenix, AZ.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Lexington, KY.
(d) Los Angeles, CA.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Neal Cassady's mother have before meeting his father?

2. Baraka's letter to "Evergreen Review" discusses whose rules for writing prose?

3. In Norman Mailer's essay "The White Negro," what event does Mailer argue forced all of humanity to confront the darkest parts of the human condition?

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

5. In the 211th Chorus of "Mexico City Blues," Jack Kerouac wishes to be freed from the material world through _____________.

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