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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9 and Section 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the angel in section two say his name is?
(a) Jack Crenshaw.
(b) Johnny Cross.
(c) Jim Crow.
(d) Jimmy Crispin.

2. In section five Bukowski says he finds there are other things besides the mind, including all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Grass.
(b) Pepper shakers.
(c) Palm trees.
(d) Insects.

3. In the letter Bukowski's ex-wife sends him, she says that he should attend poetry readings at which church?
(a) Baptist Church.
(b) Unitarian Church.
(c) Evangelical Church.
(d) Methodist Church.

4. As section nine ends, Bukowski tells the story of a conversation with a psychiatrist friend in what town?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Santa Fe.
(c) New York.
(d) Kansas City.

5. In his introduction of Kerouac, Bukowski says Kerouac personally knows all BUT WHICH of the following poets?
(a) Lamantia.
(b) Creeley.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Ginsberg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the horse that punches through the angry crowd at the racetrack?

2. In what Italian city does section five take place?

3. In section three, how much money does Big Jack say Bukowski owes him?

4. In section six, Bukowski notes that all the so-called artists in the Village are wearing what type of hat?

5. In section ten, at whose apartment are the friends spending Saturday night?

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