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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Jack Hendley notice is following him around?
(a) An old man.
(b) An old woman.
(c) A young woman.
(d) A young man.

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

3. In The Great Zen Wedding, what is Bukowski wearing?
(a) Shorts.
(b) A panama hat.
(c) A necktie.
(d) A t-shirt.

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

5. What does Dan try to do one night while drunk?
(a) Pull down a statue of the President.
(b) Pull down a statue of Jesus.
(c) Clean a statue of Jesus.
(d) Break a statue of the President.

6. What does Mrs. Connors bring Mr. Sneed?
(a) Homemade soup.
(b) Homemade casserole.
(c) Sandwich.
(d) Bread.

7. What does Bukowski's friend in A Quiet Conversation Piece study to be?
(a) A rabbi.
(b) A rector.
(c) A priest.
(d) A teacher.

8. Where does Dan go for his new job?
(a) New York.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Tucson.

9. What does Bukowski think of his friend's suggestion for the United States?
(a) It will purge both the good and bad from the US.
(b) It will depend on how it is carried out.
(c) It will be good for the US.
(d) He said nothing.

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

11. In Scenes from the Big Time, which inmate serves time in the hole?
(a) Joe Statz.
(b) Sears.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Blaine.

12. What is the name of Dan's friend in No Stockings?
(a) Madge.
(b) Vera.
(c) Mary.
(d) Danielle.

13. What kind of writer is Henry Chinasky?
(a) A nonfiction writer.
(b) A novelist.
(c) A poet.
(d) A technical writer.

14. In A Quiet Conversation Piece, what does his friend believe the United States needs?
(a) A revolution.
(b) Love.
(c) Peace.
(d) Dialogue.

15. What does Duke do at night?
(a) Leaves his family forever.
(b) Reads Lala a bedtime story.
(c) Robs a liquor store.
(d) Goes to work at the grocery store.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Bukowski brush off the man in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit?

5. What is the name of Bukowski's friend who shares a woman with him in the beginning of No Stockings?

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