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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Big Pot Game.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Purple as an Iris, who discovers Bukowski and the woman?
(a) Other patients.
(b) Orderlies.
(c) His wife.
(d) His friends.

2. Where does Bukowski go after he leaves jail in No Stockings?
(a) Vera's apartment.
(b) Dan's house.
(c) Barney's house.
(d) His own home.

3. What kind of job is Dan offered?
(a) Writing.
(b) Grocery store.
(c) Post office.
(d) Teaching.

4. Where do Bukowski and the woman go one day in Purple as an Iris?
(a) The barn.
(b) His home.
(c) The post office.
(d) The grocery store.

5. In Animal Crackers In My Soup, where has Carol spent time before?
(a) A madhouse.
(b) Prison.
(c) Abroad.
(d) The hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of friends does Bukowski have in Beer and Poets and Talk?

2. What does the narrator offer to his girlfriend in Too Sensitive?

3. What is Bukowski beaten with in Love It or Leave It?

4. What happens at the end of Beers and Poets and Talk?

5. In The Big Pot Game, what do the young men have, according to Bukowski?

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