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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. Who wrote the poem "Nova Express"?
(a) William S. Burroughs.
(b) Jack Kerouac.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) Gregory Corso.

2. What scene does "Nova Express" describe?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A funeral
(c) A sinking ship.
(d) A battlefield.

3. "A Supermarket in America" describes Ginsberg grocery shopping with a vision of whom?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Norman Mailer.

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

5. To whom does Allen Ginsberg write from a mental institution in "Howl"?
(a) Jack Kerouac.
(b) Mark Patterson.
(c) Carl Solomon.
(d) Neal Cassady.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What event is one of the central focuses of "America"?

3. Who is the character Japhy Ryder is based on in "The Dharma Bums"?

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

5. When did Neal Cassady's parents divorce?

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