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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Herbert Huncke, John Clellon Holmes, Carl Solomon, and Gregory Corso.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon which Beat writer was The Dharma Bums based?
(a) Michael McClure.
(b) Neal Cassady.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) Gary Snyder

2. In what year was Jack Kerouac born?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1927.

3. What is the title of the first book Jack Kerouac published?
(a) Big Sur.
(b) On the Road.
(c) The Town and the City.
(d) The Dharma Bums.

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

5. In what year does Jack Kerouac meet Neal Cassady?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1947.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Herbert Huncke introduced William S. Burroughs to _____________.

3. The character "Elsie John" in the poem by Herbert Huncke is a __________.

4. Where did Allen Ginsberg grow up?

5. The Beat Generation started off in what city?

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