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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Other Fellow Travelers Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the charges brought against the poem "Howl"?
(a) Plagiarism.
(b) Bigotry.
(c) Violence.
(d) Obscenity.

2. When was Philip Whalen born?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1915.

3. What is the name of John Clellon Holmes' representation of himself in Go?
(a) Paul Hobbes.
(b) Peter Henderson.
(c) Peter Dexter.
(d) Michael Dollen.

4. Where did Carl Soloman meet Allen Ginsberg?
(a) A zoo.
(b) A mental institution.
(c) An art opening.
(d) Prison.

5. Amiri Baraka studied at what university?
(a) University of Western Pennsylvania.
(b) UCLA.
(c) University of California Irvine.
(d) Rutgers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his letters to Kerouac, whom does Cassady write that he has been sleeping with, but her mother doesn't like him?

2. What is the dog looking at questioningly in the poem "Dog"?

3. What excerpt of Gregory Corso's questions what it means to be Beat and if there is even such a thing?

4. Where was Gregory Corso born?

5. "A Supermarket in America" describes Ginsberg grocery shopping with a vision of whom?

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