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East Coast Beats and Jack Kerouac

1. The Beat Generation started off in what city?
(a) New York.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Paris.
(d) New Orleans.

2. What is Jack Kerouac's most famous novel?
(a) On the Road.
(b) Big Sur.
(c) The Dharma Bums.
(d) Visions of Cody.

3. In what year was Jack Kerouac born?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1925.

4. Where was Jack Kerouac born?
(a) San Francisco, CA.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Lowell, MA.
(d) San Jose, CA.

5. Upon which Beat writer was The Dharma Bums based?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) Gary Snyder
(c) Michael McClure.
(d) Neal Cassady.

6. Where did Jack Kerouac attend college?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Princeton.
(c) UCLA.
(d) NYU.

7. In what year does Jack Kerouac meet Neal Cassady?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1949.

8. What is the title of the first book Jack Kerouac published?
(a) The Dharma Bums.
(b) The Town and the City.
(c) On the Road.
(d) Big Sur.

9. For whom was Jack Kerouac once a sports writer?
(a) The Columbia Sun.
(b) The Princeton Review.
(c) The Lowell Sun.
(d) The Herald Review.

10. Who is Neal Cassady known as in On the Road?
(a) Carlo Marx.
(b) Cody Pomeray.
(c) Jonny Moriarty.
(d) Dean Moriarty.

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