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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. How does Bukowski spend most of his time in My Stay at the Poet's Cottage?
(a) Writing.
(b) Drinking beer and talking to waitresses.
(c) Giving speeches.
(d) Talking about poetry or writing.

2. In Goodbye Watson, what athlete does the narrator have success with?
(a) Enrique Balanos.
(b) Watson Jones.
(c) Jack Hendley.
(d) Madge.

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

4. What author does the narrator name in describing something about himself in Goodbye Watson?
(a) Charles Bukowski.
(b) Jack Hendley.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Charles Dickens.

5. What does the man in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit think of Bukowski's employment status?
(a) He sees it as normal.
(b) He gives no opinion.
(c) He praises his work at the post office.
(d) He cannot understand.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scenes from the Big Time, which inmate serves time in the hole?

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

3. What saves Blaine from being raped?

4. Who does Bukowski drink heavily with prior to the Great Zen Wedding ceremony?

5. Why is Bukowski incarcerated in Doing Time with Public Enemy No. 1?

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