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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the neighbor in The Blanket do to the blanket?
(a) Burns it.
(b) Tears it apart.
(c) Shoots it.
(d) Folds it.

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

4. In Purple as an Iris, what does Bukowski sell?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Books.

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

6. What is the name of Bukowski's companion at the event in Notes of a Potential Suicide?
(a) Harry.
(b) Gerry.
(c) Frank.
(d) Jimmy.

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

8. In Notes on the Pest, what does a pest talk to Bukowski about at the diner?
(a) His doughnut.
(b) His coffee.
(c) His personal life.
(d) His work.

9. What does Bukowski think comic strips have become?
(a) Heightened social commentary.
(b) Raw.
(c) Human.
(d) Subtle.

10. In One for Walter Lowenfels, where does the man's daughter need to go today?
(a) The doctor.
(b) School.
(c) Dentist.
(d) Preschool.

11. What does Bukowski think of comic strips upon reading them?
(a) They are interesting, but not funny.
(b) They are funnier than ever.
(c) They are not funny at all.
(d) They are sad.

12. Where had Bukowski planned on going after the mechanic?
(a) The horse track.
(b) Grocery store.
(c) A bar.
(d) Home.

13. What does Bukowski say to the young poet about the incident between the boy and the old man in In Night Streets of Madness?
(a) It is his fault.
(b) It was wrong.
(c) It was just.
(d) The poet should have stopped it.

14. What does Bukowski think the young men in The Big Pot Game do with the language they copy?
(a) They rise above the original.
(b) They copy them well.
(c) They cheapen the words.
(d) He has no opinion.

15. How does Bukowski discover what he does in A Bad Trip?
(a) After a conversation.
(b) On an acid trip.
(c) After months of thinking.
(d) After a moment's reflection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bukowski say in Notes on a Pest that every man has inside him?

2. What does Bukowski do with his phone in Notes on a Pest?

3. What happens at the end of Beers and Poets and Talk?

4. What does Bukowski discover in A Bad Trip?

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

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