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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what kind of group have the boys in The Big Pot Game copied their language from?
(a) Hepcats of the 1920s.
(b) Groups of the 1980s.
(c) Hepcats of the 1990s.
(d) Hippies of the 1970s.

2. What happens when the men and women's wards mix in Purple as an Iris?
(a) They pair off together.
(b) The men assault the women.
(c) They break out of the place.
(d) They fight.

3. In The Big Pot Game, what do the young men have, according to Bukowski?
(a) Dissatifactory circumstances.
(b) Misery.
(c) Everything.
(d) Freedom.

4. What emotion does Bukowski feel within himself in A Rain of Women?
(a) Satisfaction.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Shame.

5. What are the young men in The Big Pot Game high on?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) LSD.
(d) Heroin.

6. Who does Bukowski go out with in Notes of a Potential Suicide?
(a) A Spanish man.
(b) A German man.
(c) An Englishman.
(d) A French man.

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

8. What is the name of the orangutan in Animal Crackers in My Soup?
(a) Bilbo.
(b) Carol.
(c) Nathan.
(d) Gordon.

9. What does Bukowski hear through the wall in Beer and Poets and Talk?
(a) Children fighting.
(b) Children laughing.
(c) A couple laughing.
(d) A couple fighting.

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

11. What does Bukowski discuss with his friends in Beer and Poets and Talk?
(a) The nature of literature today.
(b) The nature of their friendship today.
(c) The nature of politics today.
(d) The nature of relationships today.

12. What does Bukowski do with his phone in Notes on a Pest?
(a) Puts it in a box of rags.
(b) Disconnects it.
(c) Throws it out the window.
(d) Breaks it.

13. Who does Bukowski hate in Flower Horse?
(a) Everyone.
(b) Himself.
(c) The horses.
(d) His employer.

14. How does the boy respond to the old man in Night Streets of Madness?
(a) He beats him.
(b) He ignores him.
(c) He leaves him.
(d) He politely converses with him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gordon approach a house for in Animal Crackers in My Soup?

2. In Notes of a Potential Suicide, what does Bukowski fail at?

3. How does Bukowski discover what he does in A Bad Trip?

4. In The Blanket, how has Bukowski been sleeping?

5. What does Bukowski think comic strips used to be?

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