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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tales of Beatnik Glory.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is railed against in the poem "A Dim View of Berkeley in the Spring"?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Love.
(c) Children.
(d) Conformity.

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

4. When was Rotterdam bombed by the Nazis?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1940.

5. In "Dinners and Nightmares," the author describes mashed potatoes and tomato sauce, which is referred to as _____________.
(a) "Blood potatoes."
(b) "Communist potatoes."
(c) "Menstrual potatoes."
(d) "Scarlet potatoes."

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does William Burroughs Junior go to visit his father in "Tales of Beatnik Glory"?

2. Who is the author of "I Have Given Fair Warning"?

3. How old was Gary Snyder when he was laid up for an accident for four months?

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

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

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