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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 the novel Go published?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1951.

2. What poem by Ray Bremser is included in the text?
(a) "Beat Tomorrow."
(b) "The Lament."
(c) "Behind Beat Bars."
(d) "Funny Lotus Blues..."

3. How old is William Burroughs Junior when he first smokes marijuana in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

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

5. What were the charges brought against the poem "Howl"?
(a) Plagiarism.
(b) Violence.
(c) Bigotry.
(d) Obscenity.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Allen Ginsberg begin attending Columbia University?

2. Where did Frank O'Hara grow up?

3. When was Amiri Baraka born?

4. Where did Gary Snyder attend college?

5. What is the first excerpted selection of Gregory Corso's in the text?

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