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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. In section thirteen, the narrator has a post card where a professor states that the narrator is the best poet since which of the following?
(a) Eliot.
(b) Ginsberg.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Wordsworth.

2. While in jail for killing Bugsy, what does Bukowski learn was the result of the baseball game?
(a) Blues lost.
(b) Blues won.
(c) Tied game.
(d) He doesn't find out.

3. When talking to Big Jack, Bukowski finally figures out that he is where?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) North Hollywood.
(d) Pasadena.

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. What is the name of the little girl in the doctor's office in section seventeen?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Gloria.
(c) June.
(d) Mary Ann.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his foreword, what does Bukowski say is the name of John Bryan's underground newspaper?

2. According to the little girl in section eleven, who slapped her?

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

4. What time is it in section thirteen as the narrator wakes?

5. According to section twelve, revolution is all BUT WHICH of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. In section seven, by what process does Bukowski pick the fight winners at the Olympic?

2. When discussing the origin of the Open City newspaper, what challenges does Bukowski say that his friend John Bryan faced?

3. Describe the relationship between Freddie and his daughter in section eleven.

4. Why, according to section twelve, is Bukowski happy to be living in the age he is despite the chaos and corruption?

5. What begins the major argument between Bukowski and L in section fifteen?

6. At the end of section four, what does Bukowski say he said to Neal when they first met?

7. Describe the relationship between Marty and the little girl in section eleven.

8. To what does Bukowski compare the smell behind the curtain in section three?

9. Explain Jimmy Crispin's reasons for wanting to play baseball in section two.

10. Describe the circumstances Bukowski relates in section eighteen about his friend Lou's attempted suicide.

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