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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Some San Francisco Renaissance Poets Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Neal Cassady's letter to Kerouac from Kansas City, Cassady explains how he met a girl named ___________.
(a) Carolyn.
(b) Mary.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Patricia.

3. What is the name of Michael McClure's fictionalized character in Big Sur?
(a) Mark McDougal.
(b) Pat McLear.
(c) Michael McLear.
(d) Andrew Carlotti.

4. For whom was Jack Kerouac once a sports writer?
(a) The Herald Review.
(b) The Princeton Review.
(c) The Lowell Sun.
(d) The Columbia Sun.

5. In what year did Gregory Corso meet Allen Ginsberg?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Neal Cassady's mother have before meeting his father?

2. Whom did Neal Cassady marry in 1948?

3. In what year was John Clellon Holmes born?

4. William S. Burroughs' family made a fortune from producing ____________.

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

(see the answer key)

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