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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In A Bad Trip, what does Bukowski talk about in conjunction with acid?
(a) Radio.
(b) Love.
(c) Color television.
(d) Music.

2. What does Bukowski discover in A Bad Trip?
(a) His purpose.
(b) The truth about everything.
(c) The meaning of love.
(d) The charade of the world.

3. What do the guests at the party like to talk about in Night Streets of Madness?
(a) Politics.
(b) Life experiences.
(c) Their children.
(d) Literature.

4. What does Bukowski notice on his hands at the end of The Blanket?
(a) Blood.
(b) Burns.
(c) Ink.
(d) Bruises.

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.

6. What is acid's virtue, according to Bukowski?
(a) It has no virtues.
(b) Its ability to distort truth.
(c) Its ability to show truth that is not evident to others.
(d) Its ability to put someone to sleep.

7. In Beer and Poets and Talk, what does Bukowski think of the poets?
(a) The best of them are emerging.
(b) Many of the greats still live.
(c) Many of the greats have died.
(d) Great poets are gone forever.

8. What friend does Bukowski visit in I shot a man in Reno?
(a) Derek.
(b) Luke.
(c) Jim.
(d) Johnny.

9. What is the name of the woman that Bukowski has relations with in Purple as an Iris?
(a) Mary.
(b) Bernie.
(c) Vera.
(d) Madge.

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

11. In One for Walter Lowenfels, what does the woman believe in?
(a) Conservative ideals.
(b) Communism.
(c) She is apathetic.
(d) Moderate ideals.

12. What did Bukowski witness at the event that he attended as a young boy?
(a) A parachute jumper being hit by a plane.
(b) A parachute jumper hitting the ground.
(c) A parachute jumper landing safely.
(d) A parachute jumper landing in a tree.

13. What does Bukowski wonder about himself in Notes on a Pest?
(a) Whether he is intelligent.
(b) Whether he is loveable.
(c) Whether he is a pest.
(d) Whether he is a good husband.

14. What does Bukowski keep betting on in Flower Horse?
(a) Horses who are short of winning.
(b) Horses who become injured.
(c) Horses who are in last place.
(d) Horses who win.

15. What happens to Carol's animals one day?
(a) They die in a fire.
(b) They are shot to death.
(c) They run away.
(d) They die naturally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman that Bukowski approaches in I Shot a Man in Reno pull out?

2. What happens when the men and women's wards mix in Purple as an Iris?

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

4. What does the neighbor in The Blanket do to the blanket?

5. In Animal Crackers In My Soup, where has Carol spent time before?

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