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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Too Sensitive.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Goodbye Watson, what does the narrator say that the track teaches him?
(a) Nothing.
(b) His weaknesses.
(c) Everyday life experiences.
(d) His strengths.

2. What does the Too Sensitive narrator's girlfriend tell him about Benny Adimson?
(a) He has been hired.
(b) He quit.
(c) He has been laid off.
(d) He has been promoted.

3. What saves Blaine from being raped?
(a) His physical unattractiveness.
(b) His emotions.
(c) His strength.
(d) The guards.

4. What profession does Benny have?
(a) Postal worker.
(b) Poet.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Factory worker.

5. Why does the girlfriend scoff at the narrator's offer in Too Sensitive?
(a) She thinks Benny is too arrogant for the job.
(b) She thinks Benny is not skilled enough.
(c) She thinks Benny is too sensitive.
(d) She thinks Benny is too good for that job.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tears an item of Mad Jimmy's?

2. Where does Bukowski stay one summer?

3. What is Mary taking Mad Jimmy to court for?

4. In Scenes from the Big Time, what does the narrator do all day?

5. Where does Bukowski return home to at the end of My Stay at the Poet's Cottage?

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