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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Enter Neal Cassady.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the character based on Neal Cassady in Go?
(a) Hart Kennedy.
(b) Mark Skawinski.
(c) Andew Kennedy.
(d) Joe Kimble.

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

3. How old was Neal Cassady when he was first arrested for theft?
(a) 10.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 18.

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

5. In "Sunflower Sutra," Ginsberg writes that a sunflower is trying to become a _______________.
(a) Butterfly.
(b) Rainbow.
(c) Computer.
(d) Locomotive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Neal Cassady's moniker in "Visions of Cody" was Cody ______________.

2. When did Neal Cassady's parents divorce?

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

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

5. What business did Neal Cassady's father open in Los Angeles, CA?

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