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

2. What does Bukowski say in Notes on a Pest that every man has inside him?
(a) A pest.
(b) Evil.
(c) Warmth.
(d) Goodness.

3. What does Gordon approach a house for in Animal Crackers in My Soup?
(a) Some company.
(b) A glass of water.
(c) To use a phone.
(d) Some food.

4. In Reunion, from where does Harry return home?
(a) Rehabilitation.
(b) College.
(c) Prison.
(d) Work.

5. In A Popular Man, who does a man tell Bukowski that his wife has been having an affair with?
(a) Bukowski.
(b) The President.
(c) A rabbi.
(d) The mayor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bukowski stay one summer?

2. What happens to Carol's animals one day?

3. What does Bukowski ask the woman to do after he takes a bath?

4. In Note of a Potential Suicide, what event does Bukowksi remember attending as a boy?

5. How does the boy respond to the old man in Night Streets of Madness?

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