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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. In what year was William S. Burroughs born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1929.

2. What is Allen Ginsberg's most famous work?
(a) "Kaddish."
(b) "Howl."
(c) "Song."
(d) "America."

3. "Song" by Allen Ginsberg is a simple poem about ____________.
(a) Love.
(b) Peace.
(c) Food.
(d) Freedom.

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

5. What is Allen Ginsberg's fictionalized name in the novel Go?
(a) Hart Kennedy.
(b) Albert Ancke.
(c) Paul Hobbes.
(d) David Stofsky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first excerpted selection of Gregory Corso's in the text?

2. When was Rotterdam bombed by the Nazis?

3. Where was Jack Kerouac born?

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

5. What is the name of the girl Kerouac describes meeting in "The Subterraneans"?

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