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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Allen Ginsberg begin attending Columbia University?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1947.

2. What is Jack Kerouac's most famous novel?
(a) Big Sur.
(b) Visions of Cody.
(c) The Dharma Bums.
(d) On the Road.

3. Where did Jack Kerouac attend college?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Princeton.
(c) UCLA.
(d) NYU.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Kaddish" is a poem about the life and death of whom?

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

3. Who is the character Japhy Ryder is based on in "The Dharma Bums"?

4. For whom was Jack Kerouac once a sports writer?

5. Where did Allen Ginsberg move in the 1950s?

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