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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15 and Section 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the car Neal nearly hits while driving in section four?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

2. When asked to begin writing for Bryan's newspaper, Bukowski began with a review of what?
(a) This Side of Paradise.
(b) Of Mice and Men.
(c) A Rose for Emily.
(d) Papa Hemingway.

3. When Bukowski leaves the apartment after the card game fight, to which city does he take a bus?
(a) Portland.
(b) Dallas.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Los Angeles.

4. Bukowski says in section twelve that he's on the side of what?
(a) Human spirit.
(b) Government.
(c) Artists.
(d) Revolutionaries.

5. At the end of section sixteen, Bukowski does what?
(a) Gets drunk.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Goes to work.
(d) Writes.

Short Answer Questions

1. During section nine Bukowski gives a quote from Reagan. What political office does he say Reagan holds at this time?

2. Bukowski ends section five by asking who cares about a dead what?

3. Bukowski says in his foreword that Bryan is a type of crazy idealist and what?

4. In section seven, what is the name of Bukowski's favorite fighter who was beaten by Balanos?

5. According to Bukowski's foreword, what are the chances that an accepted poem might be published?

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