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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. Whose death is "Thou Shalt Not Kill" written in mourning of?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Dylan Thomas.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) Walt Whitman.

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

3. Who is the author of the poem "A Berry Feast"?
(a) Carlos Williams.
(b) Gary Snyder.
(c) Michael McClure.
(d) Allen Ginsberg.

4. Who became Allen Ginsberg's lover after his move to California?
(a) Mark Patterson.
(b) Michael Orlovsky.
(c) Peter Orlovsky.
(d) Adam Schwartz.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jack Kerouac known as in On the Road?

2. Whom did Charles Bukowski write an article about meeting shortly before his death in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?

3. Where was Peter Orlovsky from?

4. In "One Thousand Fearful Words for Fidel Castro," Ferlinghetti is convinced that Castro's cause is ___________.

5. Where did Allen Ginsberg grow up?

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