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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. Where was Jack Kerouac born?
(a) Lowell, MA.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) San Francisco, CA.
(d) San Jose, CA.

2. "A Supermarket in America" describes Ginsberg grocery shopping with a vision of whom?
(a) Norman Mailer.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Walt Whitman.

3. What jazz musician does Jack Kerouac write about in "Mexico City Blues"?
(a) Louis Armstrong.
(b) Satchmo.
(c) Thelonius Monk.
(d) Charlie Parker.

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

5. What is the name of the evil force that is everywhere in "Howl"?
(a) Michael.
(b) Dostai.
(c) Malachai.
(d) Moloch.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Sunflower Sutra," Ginsberg writes that a sunflower is trying to become a _______________.

2. In what year did Allen Ginsberg meet Neal Cassady?

3. What university did William S. Burroughs attend?

4. To whom does Allen Ginsberg write from a mental institution in "Howl"?

5. In the second excerpt from On the Road, where are the two main characters initially?

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