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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tales of Beatnik Glory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who opened the City Lights Bookstore?
(a) John Clellon Holmes.
(b) Jack Kerouac.
(c) Allen Ginsberg.
(d) Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

2. "1001 Ways to Beat the Draft" was originally a _____________.
(a) Novel.
(b) Pamphlet.
(c) Poem.
(d) Visual art installment.

3. Who wrote "Dinners and Nightmares"?
(a) Diane DiPrima.
(b) Allen Ginsberg.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) Carolyn Cassady.

4. In the 211th Chorus of "Mexico City Blues," Jack Kerouac wishes to be freed from the material world through _____________.
(a) Money.
(b) America.
(c) Liberation.
(d) Death.

5. Peter Orlovsky was whose lover?
(a) Allen Ginsberg's.
(b) Carolyn Cassady's.
(c) Neal Cassady's.
(d) Diane DiPrima's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Sourdough Mountain Lookout"?

2. What poem by Ray Bremser is included in the text?

3. Which poem of Peter Orlovsky's is included in the anthology?

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

5. In his letters to Kerouac, whom does Cassady write that he has been sleeping with, but her mother doesn't like him?

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