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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through My Stay in the Poet's Cottage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift does Bukowksi give the couple for their wedding?
(a) A miniature coffin.
(b) A toaster.
(c) A painting.
(d) A miniature house.

2. In the story Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit, where does Bukowski work?
(a) Grocery store.
(b) College campus.
(c) Publisher.
(d) Post office.

3. Where is Chinasky's flight headed?
(a) Seattle.
(b) New York.
(c) Burbank.
(d) St. Louis.

4. Where does Bukowski stay one summer?
(a) A dorm room.
(b) The Poet's Cottage.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A friend's house.

5. In Scenes from the Big Time, what does the narrator do all day?
(a) Cleans pigeon droppings.
(b) Cleans the kitchen.
(c) Cleans his cell.
(d) Order around his cell mate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of writer is Henry Chinasky?

2. In Goodbye Watson, what does the narrator say that the track teaches him?

3. What does the man interpret one of Bukowski's poems to be about in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit?

4. In Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit, what does the man that approaches Bukowski do?

5. What saves Blaine from being raped?

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