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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. What is Herbert Huncke's fictionalized name in Go?
(a) Hart Kennedy.
(b) Paul Hobbes.
(c) Albert Ancke.
(d) Peter Henderson.

2. Where is the city of Rotterdam, cited in Corso's "Vision of Rotterdam"?
(a) France.
(b) Netherlands.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

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

4. Where did the Snyder family move when Gary was two years old?
(a) California.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Washington.
(d) Oregon.

5. Where was Bob Kaufman born?
(a) St. Petersburg, Russia.
(b) Los Angeles, California.
(c) New Orleans, Louisiana.
(d) Baton Rouge, Lousiana.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of John Clellon Holmes' representation of himself in Go?

3. In "Dinners and Nightmares," the author describes mashed potatoes and tomato sauce, which is referred to as _____________.

4. Who is "Mr. Dullness" likely a reference to in the poem "A Dim View of Berkeley in the Spring"?

5. When was Gregory Corso born?

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