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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. Where was Gary Snyder born?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.

2. Who is the author of "I Have Given Fair Warning"?
(a) Philip Lamantia.
(b) Philip Whalen.
(c) Diane DiPrima.
(d) Allen Ginsberg.

3. Which of the founders of Russian anarchism is referred to in the poem "April Fool Birthday Poem for Grandpa"?
(a) Kropotkin.
(b) Krympotin.
(c) Brygatin.
(d) Vrostkin.

4. What excerpt of Gregory Corso's questions what it means to be Beat and if there is even such a thing?
(a) "Song of a Generation."
(b) "Marriage."
(c) "Variations on a Generation."
(d) "Bomb."

5. When did Amiri Baraka adopt his current name?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1967.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Poem from Jail" discusses the necessity of banning ____________.

2. When did Allen Ginsberg begin attending Columbia University?

3. Who is Neal Cassady known as in On the Road?

4. Who cuts off someone's fingers in the poem "Nova Express"?

5. Albion is another name for what?

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