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

2. Where does Bukowski go before he goes to work in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit?
(a) The track.
(b) Campus.
(c) Grocery store.
(d) Casino.

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

4. In Doing Time with Public Enemy No. 1, why is Bukowski deemed unfit for combat?
(a) Excessive sensitivity.
(b) Excessive aggression.
(c) Poor physical shape.
(d) Mental illness.

5. Who does Bukowski drink heavily with prior to the Great Zen Wedding ceremony?
(a) Zen Master.
(b) Harvey.
(c) Hollis.
(d) Roy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Goodbye Watson, why does the narrator wake up soaking wet?

2. What is the weather like where Bukowski is staying in My Stay at the Poet's Cottage?

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

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

5. In The Great Zen Wedding, what is Bukowski wearing?

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