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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Three Commentators on the Beat Generation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What business did Neal Cassady's father open in Los Angeles, CA?
(a) Candy Store.
(b) Bar.
(c) Barbershop.
(d) Convenience Store.

2. In "Tales of Beatnik Glory," William Burroughs Junior writes about his experiences visiting his father in _______________.
(a) Big Sur.
(b) Tijuana.
(c) Casablanca.
(d) Tangiers.

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

4. Where did Jack Kerouac attend college?
(a) NYU.
(b) Princeton.
(c) UCLA.
(d) Columbia.

5. Herbert Huncke introduced William S. Burroughs to _____________.
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Peyote.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Heroin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which "beat" term refers to a person who is ignorant of or uninterested in current fads, ideas, manners, tastes, etc.?

2. Where did Diane DiPrima attend college before dropping out to become a poet?

3. When was Gregory Corso born?

4. Who "poofed into fat air" in the poem "Columbia U Poesy Reading--1975"?

5. In what year did Allen Ginsberg meet Neal Cassady?

(see the answer key)

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