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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry say he thinks of as a second home?

2. What is the name of the manager's secretary?

3. What is the name of Henry's new boss?

4. What does Mrs. Adams say Henry needs?

5. Which of Henry's friends does Jan look like?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jan react to Henry's reappearance in section nine?

2. How do Henry and Jan start living their lives after Henry is sacked?

3. How does Henry break Pop's world record in the tenth section?

4. Why does the Yellow Cab Company sack Henry?

5. Why does Henry suddenly become interested in clothes in the eighth section?

6. Summarize the fifth section.

7. Summarize the eight section.

8. What does Smithson tell the men he will teach them?

9. Why does Mr. Hansen fire Henry?

10. Why does Henry find the Japanese girl attractive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Henry's attitude towards work? Why has Henry has developed this attitude? What kind of job would Henry enjoy and excel at?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the book's reception in three different countries including the country in which the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 3

How does Bukoski represent sex? How did people in the 70s perceive Bukowski's representations of sex? How do people today perceive Bukowski's representations of sex?

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