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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. Whom does Neal Cassady write about visiting in the hospital after a suicide attempt in his letters to Kerouac?
(a) Joan.
(b) Patricia.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Sarah.

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

3. How many children did Neal Cassady's mother have before meeting his father?
(a) Two.
(b) Eight.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

4. When did the Six Gallery reading take place?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1957.

5. When did Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and LeRoi Jones throw a party for the prison release of Ray Bremser?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1958.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Allen Ginsberg's fictionalized name in the novel Go?

2. In Neal Cassady's letter to Kerouac from Kansas City, Cassady explains how he met a girl named ___________.

3. What word does Michael McClure frequently play with in "Peyote Poem"?

4. Who is Neal Cassady known as in On the Road?

5. Who is the author of "I Have Given Fair Warning"?

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