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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. Which writer does Bukowski quote in section five as saying, "to have great poets we need great audiences?"
(a) Ginsberg.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Creeley.
(d) Lamantia.

2. In section seven, what is the name of Bukowski's favorite fighter who was beaten by Balanos?
(a) Smith.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Jones.
(d) Brown.

3. Who is knocking at the door when Bukowski wakes up after the card game fight?
(a) No one.
(b) Police.
(c) Landlady.
(d) Friends.

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

5. After leaving New York at the end of section six, to which town does Bukowski go?
(a) Joplin.
(b) Kansas City.
(c) Denver.
(d) Omaha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the friends says, in section ten, that some men just aren't any good with women and that he personally never has been?

2. When Bukowski leaves the apartment after the card game fight, to which city does he take a bus?

3. In the letter Bukowski's ex-wife sends him, she says that he should attend poetry readings at which church?

4. When asked when he last saw his father, which of the following years does Neal say?

5. In his introduction of Kerouac, Bukowski says Kerouac personally knows all BUT WHICH of the following poets?

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