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

2. What is Neal Cassady's mother's name?
(a) Anne.
(b) Marie.
(c) Naomi.
(d) Maude.

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

4. What is Herbert Huncke's fictionalized name in Go?
(a) Albert Ancke.
(b) Paul Hobbes.
(c) Peter Henderson.
(d) Hart Kennedy.

5. When was Rotterdam bombed by the Nazis?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1941.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon which Beat writer was The Dharma Bums based?

2. What event is one of the central focuses of "America"?

3. What is the title of Neal Cassady's unfinished autobiography?

4. In what year was the novel Go published?

5. Who became Allen Ginsberg's lover after his move to California?

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