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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Other Fellow Travelers Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which song does Bob Dylan write about trying to get his piano fixed by a lazy, unionized piano tuner?
(a) "Blowin' in the Wind."
(b) "Hard Rain."
(c) "Lay Lady Lady."
(d) "Tarantula."

2. When was Philip Lamantia born?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1948.

3. The Beat Generation started off in what city?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York.
(d) Paris.

4. When was Gregory Corso born?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1922.

5. Where was Jack Kerouac born?
(a) New York, NY.
(b) Lowell, MA.
(c) San Francisco, CA.
(d) San Jose, CA.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year does Jack Kerouac meet Neal Cassady?

3. Whom does Neal Cassady write about visiting in the hospital after a suicide attempt in his letters to Kerouac?

4. When did the Six Gallery reading take place?

5. Who opened the City Lights Bookstore?

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