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Quiz about The Beat GenerationHow Much do You Know
Quiz about The Beat GenerationHow Much do You Know

The Beat Generation...How Much do You Know? Quiz

This quiz is for true fans of beat literature...some questions are easy, some aren't.

A multiple-choice quiz by thefreak_13. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
thefreak_13
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
37,687
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
9 / 20
Plays
712
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Question 1 of 20
1. To whom did Allen Ginsberg dedicate the poem 'Howl?' Hint


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Question 2 of 20
2. Which chorus in Jack Kerouac's 'Mexico City Blues' contains the line: 'Charlie Parker looked like Buddha'? Hint


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Question 3 of 20
3. Which Burrough's work contains the following: 'Back in Bogota. I have a crate of yage. I have taken it and know more or less how it is prepared'? Hint


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Question 4 of 20
4. Which San Franciscan Beat wrote 'Peyote Poem'? Hint


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Question 5 of 20
5. This Beat killed his wife by allegedly shooting a glass off her head, "William Tell" style, while drunk. Hint


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Question 6 of 20
6. Who wrote '1001 Ways to Beat the Draft'? Hint


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Question 7 of 20
7. What was the name of the auto-biographical series of books by Jack Kerouac? Hint


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Question 8 of 20
8. What is the title of Burroughs' book of dreams? Hint


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Question 9 of 20
9. What Ginsberg poem contains the following: 'When will you take off your clothes? When will you look at yourself through the grave'? Hint


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Question 10 of 20
10. Which Beat wrote 'Smokey the Bear Sutra'? Hint


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Question 11 of 20
11. In Kerouac's 'The Dharma Bums,' which beat poet is represented by Alvah Goldbook? Hint


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Question 12 of 20
12. Another question about the characters in 'The Dharma Bums:' which beat poet is represented by Japhy Ryder? Hint


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Question 13 of 20
13. Many of Kerouac's novels feature references to his religion. What religion did he follow? Hint


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Question 14 of 20
14. Which Beat wrote the novels 'Tritessa,' 'Pull My Daisy,' and 'Desolation Angels'? Hint


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Question 15 of 20
15. Which of the two Beats had a love affair that Kerouac described in the opening of 'On the Road'? Hint


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Question 16 of 20
16. Which Beat said the following: 'The Truth is irrelevant. It's all a pile of lies and historical revisionisms...There is nothing CLOSE to the Truth. It's all in your mind'? Hint


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Question 17 of 20
17. Which Beat said: 'Take up a cup of water from the ocean and there I am'?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 18 of 20
18. Which Beat said: 'It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now'?

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Question 19 of 20
19. Which Beat wrote 'Elsie John'? Hint


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Question 20 of 20
20. Which Beat wrote 'Go'? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. To whom did Allen Ginsberg dedicate the poem 'Howl?'

Answer: Carl Solomon

 Ginsberg's poem 'Kaddish' was dedicated to Naomi Ginsberg, his mother. He also wrote a poem called 'On Burroughs' Work' for none other than the wonderful William S. Burroughs.
2. Which chorus in Jack Kerouac's 'Mexico City Blues' contains the line: 'Charlie Parker looked like Buddha'?

Answer: 239 Chorus
3. Which Burrough's work contains the following: 'Back in Bogota. I have a crate of yage. I have taken it and know more or less how it is prepared'?

Answer: The Yage Letters
4. Which San Franciscan Beat wrote 'Peyote Poem'?

Answer: Michael McClure
5. This Beat killed his wife by allegedly shooting a glass off her head, "William Tell" style, while drunk.

Answer: William S. Burroughs
6. Who wrote '1001 Ways to Beat the Draft'?

Answer: Tuli Kupferberg
7. What was the name of the auto-biographical series of books by Jack Kerouac?

Answer: The Duluoz Legend
8. What is the title of Burroughs' book of dreams?

Answer: My Education

 Book of Dreams is Jack Kerouac's dream journal, Old Angel Midnight is also by Kerouac, and Kentucky Ham is by Burroughs' son, William Burroughs Jr.
9. What Ginsberg poem contains the following: 'When will you take off your clothes? When will you look at yourself through the grave'?

Answer: America
10. Which Beat wrote 'Smokey the Bear Sutra'?

Answer: Gary Snyder
11. In Kerouac's 'The Dharma Bums,' which beat poet is represented by Alvah Goldbook?

Answer: Allen Ginsberg
12. Another question about the characters in 'The Dharma Bums:' which beat poet is represented by Japhy Ryder?

Answer: Gary Snyder
13. Many of Kerouac's novels feature references to his religion. What religion did he follow?

Answer: Buddhism
14. Which Beat wrote the novels 'Tritessa,' 'Pull My Daisy,' and 'Desolation Angels'?

Answer: Jack Kerouac

 'Desolation Angels' has to be the best Kerouac book ever. On another note, Neal Cassady never actually published any books while living, but his autobiography was published posthumously.
15. Which of the two Beats had a love affair that Kerouac described in the opening of 'On the Road'?

Answer: Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady
16. Which Beat said the following: 'The Truth is irrelevant. It's all a pile of lies and historical revisionisms...There is nothing CLOSE to the Truth. It's all in your mind'?

Answer: William S. Burroughs
17. Which Beat said: 'Take up a cup of water from the ocean and there I am'?

Answer: Jack Kerouac
18. Which Beat said: 'It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now'?

Answer: Allen Ginsberg

19. Which Beat wrote 'Elsie John'?

Answer: Herbert Huncke
20. Which Beat wrote 'Go'?

Answer: John Clellon Holmes
Source: Author thefreak_13

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