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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 the novel contemplate or examine in Part 2?

2. What does Hank worry about becoming in Part 3?

3. How does Hank respond to the statement of conditions?

4. What happens to Jon and Francois's first home?

5. Why are Hank and Sarah late to see the film about Christ's transformation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hector Blackford, the director, purchase?

2. What do Hank and Sarah discuss with their accountant?

3. What does Hank fear in Part 3?

4. Who is Jon-Paul Mordard?

5. Who initially agrees to produce Hank's screenplay?

6. What happens that makes the night finally interesting for Hank and Sarah?

7. How does Firepower acquire the money to get on board with Hank's screenplay again?

8. Describe what happens at the Cannes Film Festival.

9. Describe Hank's contempt for the human race.

10. Why does Hank get so angry after opening the envelope?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how the writer is often an afterthought in the world of Hollywood. How would Hollywood be nonexistent without the writer?

Essay Topic 2

Explain and discuss how money seems to positively or negatively effect Hank's work in "Hollywood: A Novel by Charles Bukowski".

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and describe the contempt Hank has toward the human race and what prompts him to make these conclusions.

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