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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Too Sensitive.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Too Sensitive narrator's girlfriend tell him about Benny Adimson?
(a) He has been promoted.
(b) He has been laid off.
(c) He quit.
(d) He has been hired.

2. Why does the girlfriend scoff at the narrator's offer in Too Sensitive?
(a) She thinks Benny is too sensitive.
(b) She thinks Benny is too good for that job.
(c) She thinks Benny is not skilled enough.
(d) She thinks Benny is too arrogant for the job.

3. What state is Bukowski in during the summer in My Stay at the Poet's Cottage?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Texas.
(c) New York.
(d) Arizona.

4. How much money does Harry owe the mechanic?
(a) Seventy dollars.
(b) One hundred dollars.
(c) Fifty dollars.
(d) Two hundred dollars.

5. According to the Too Sensitive narrator, what does a woman's clean kitchen mean?
(a) She loves her man enough to clean for him.
(b) She is independent.
(c) She hates dirt.
(d) She is dull and conditioned.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tears an item of Mad Jimmy's?

2. Where did the narrator of Goodbye Watson go before he started attending horse races?

3. How does Bukowski spend most of his time in My Stay at the Poet's Cottage?

4. What author does the narrator name in describing something about himself in Goodbye Watson?

5. In Scenes from the Big Time, what does the narrator do all day?

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