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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bukowski witness at the event that he attended as a young boy?
(a) A parachute jumper hitting the ground.
(b) A parachute jumper landing in a tree.
(c) A parachute jumper being hit by a plane.
(d) A parachute jumper landing safely.

2. What does Bukowski think of comic strips upon reading them?
(a) They are interesting, but not funny.
(b) They are sad.
(c) They are not funny at all.
(d) They are funnier than ever.

3. In One for Walter Lowenfels, who likes the woman's poems?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Walter Lowenfels.
(c) Her boyfriend.
(d) Her professor.

4. What does Bukowski say in Notes on a Pest that every man has inside him?
(a) A pest.
(b) Evil.
(c) Goodness.
(d) Warmth.

5. In One for Walter Lowenfels, what does the woman believe in?
(a) Moderate ideals.
(b) She is apathetic.
(c) Communism.
(d) Conservative ideals.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bukowski die in A Popular Man?

2. Where does Bukowski go during the conversation in Beer and Poets and Talk?

3. What does the neighbor in The Blanket do to the blanket?

4. What delusion does Bukowski have of tiny men in The Blanket?

5. Who does the woman sleep with first in I Shot a Man in Reno?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the boys disrespect the memories of the hepcats in The Big Pot Game?

2. What does Bukowski hallucinate, and what is it associated with in The Blanket?

3. Why is the idea that every man can be a pest scary in Notes on the Pest?

4. What does Bukowski think of sex in Purple as an Iris?

5. Describe the woman in One for Walter Lowenfels.

6. What does Tina represent in One for Walter Lowenfels?

7. What does Bukowski think of people's taste in music?

8. How does Bukowski feel next to Jim in I Shot a Man in Reno?

9. What does Carol do for Gordon to help him in Animal Crackers in My Soup?

10. Why does Bukowski think that current poets and comic strips create their art the way they do?

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