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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. When did Neal Cassady move to New York and meet Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1947.

2. What is "tea" in reference to in the poem "A Poem for the Tea Heads"?
(a) Benzedrine.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Opium.
(d) Coffee.

3. What Italian immigrants to America accused of anarchy are referred to in the poem "April Fool Birthday Poem for Grandpa"?
(a) Bacco and Minusi.
(b) Ancini and Rossi.
(c) Legari and Antoni.
(d) Sacco and Vanzetti.

4. What is Neal Cassady's mother's name?
(a) Maude.
(b) Naomi.
(c) Anne.
(d) Marie.

5. Who wrote "Dinners and Nightmares"?
(a) Diane DiPrima.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) Carolyn Cassady.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Philip Whalen born?

2. Herbert Huncke introduced William S. Burroughs to _____________.

3. In "Sunflower Sutra," Ginsberg writes that a sunflower is trying to become a _______________.

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

5. What is Jack Kerouac's fictionalized name in the novel Go?

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