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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 state is Bukowski in during the summer in My Stay at the Poet's Cottage?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Texas.
(c) New York.
(d) Arizona.

2. What profession does Benny have?
(a) Poet.
(b) Postal worker.
(c) Factory worker.
(d) Teacher.

3. What is the name of Bukowski's friend who shares a woman with him in the beginning of No Stockings?
(a) Barney.
(b) Roy.
(c) Mad Jimmy.
(d) Dan.

4. Where does Jack Hendley arrive in Cunt and Kant and a Happy Home?
(a) Rehabilitation.
(b) Prison.
(c) The casino.
(d) The horse track.

5. In Goodbye Watson, why does the narrator wake up soaking wet?
(a) Rain from an open window.
(b) From his friend pouring water on him to wake him up.
(c) From sleeping in the bathtub.
(d) It is not explained.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what kind of group have the boys in The Big Pot Game copied their language from?

2. In One for Walter Lowenfels, what does the woman believe in?

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

4. What does Bukowski want to ask the person he imagines having a conversation with in In Night Street of Madness?

5. Who does Jack Hendley notice is following him around?

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