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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Allen Ginsberg grow up?
(a) Chicago, IL.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Patterson, NJ.
(d) Princeton, NJ.

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

4. Who is Allen Ginsberg known as in On the Road?
(a) Carlo Marx.
(b) Cody Pomeray.
(c) Jack Duluoz.
(d) Dean Moriarty.

5. In "Visions of Cody," Cody is especially talented at ______________.
(a) Pool.
(b) Football.
(c) Bowling.
(d) Darts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jack Kerouac attend college?

2. In what year was William S. Burroughs born?

3. Who became Allen Ginsberg's lover after his move to California?

4. When did Herbert Huncke meet William S. Burroughs?

5. What does Dean trade for a a watch in Mexico in On the Road?

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