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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What excerpt of Gregory Corso's questions what it means to be Beat and if there is even such a thing?
(a) "Marriage."
(b) "Variations on a Generation."
(c) "Song of a Generation."
(d) "Bomb."

3. Who is the character Japhy Ryder is based on in "The Dharma Bums"?
(a) Gary Sneider.
(b) Jack Duluoz.
(c) Dean Moriarty.
(d) Cody Pomeray.

4. Who is Jack Kerouac known as in On the Road?
(a) Carlo Marx.
(b) Sal Paradisio.
(c) Dean Moriarty.
(d) Jack Duluoz.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Neal Cassady born?

2. What university did William S. Burroughs attend?

3. How old was Neal Cassady when he was first arrested for theft?

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

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

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