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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. What is the name of the woman Moss calls toward the end of section ten?
(a) Shareen.
(b) Mary Lou.
(c) Jane.
(d) Madeline.
2. To which show tune do Freddie and his daughter dance in section eleven?
(a) Man of La Mancha.
(b) Chim Chim Cher- Ee.
(c) Hello Dolly.
(d) Cabaret.
3. While sitting at the racetrack, Bukowski notes that the track doubled the parking fee to what amount?
(a) 50 cents.
(b) $1.00.
(c) $6.00.
(d) $2.00.
4. After vomiting several times, the narrator says he hears what on Sunset Blvd?
(a) Drunks.
(b) Crickets.
(c) Cars.
(d) Music.
5. In response to the assassination, Bukowski says HE didn't murder all BUT WHICH of the following?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr.
(b) Kennedy.
(c) Malcom X.
(d) George Lincoln Rockwell.
Short Answer Questions
1. As section seventeen opens, Henry notes that it is what day of the week?
2. Bukowski says in section eighteen that he last tried suicide in what year?
3. In the foreword, Bukowski says that the book contains selections from about _____ months worth of columns.
4. 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?
5. According to Freddie in section eleven, people are made of all BUT WHICH of the following?
Short Essay Questions
1. When his friend Kerouac speaks out against homosexuals in section five, how does Bukowski respond?
2. Describe the relationship between Freddie and his daughter in section eleven.
3. Explain why Bukowski is tired of the bar scene in section sixteen.
4. Based on the foreword, describe the process by which this book came to be.
5. How does Henry respond to his ailment in section seventeen?
6. Describe the relationship between Marty and the little girl in section eleven.
7. In section one, why is Bukowski stuck in his apartment?
8. Why, according to section twelve, is Bukowski happy to be living in the age he is despite the chaos and corruption?
9. In section eight, what does Bukowski have to say about philosophers?
10. After leaving New York at the end of section six, what sentiments does Bukowski voice about the city?
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