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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. Which poem of Peter Orlovsky's is included in the anthology?
(a) "Lament Lament."
(b) "Lepers Cry."
(c) "Song."
(d) "Lover Cry."

2. Where was Ed Sanders born?
(a) Little Rock, AR.
(b) Kansas City, MO.
(c) Patterson, NJ.
(d) New Hope, PA.

3. Who is the author of "Poet of the Streets"?
(a) Jack Micheline.
(b) Diane DiPrima.
(c) Jack Kerouac.
(d) Tuli Kupferberg.

4. What band did Tuli Kupferberg co-found?
(a) The Pixies.
(b) The Mailmen.
(c) The Fugs.
(d) The Pogues.

5. Who cuts off someone's fingers in the poem "Nova Express"?
(a) A grandmother.
(b) A mother.
(c) A handicapped man.
(d) A little girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jack Kerouac known as in On the Road?

2. When was Gregory Corso born?

3. Who wrote "First Party at Ken Kesey's with Hell's Angels"?

4. Who is the author of the poem "Columbia U Poesy Reading--1975"?

5. Where was Bob Kaufman born?

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