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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Which animal does Gordon catch Carol with first?
(a) Tiger.
(b) Cat.
(c) Orangutan.
(d) A snake.

5. What other distortion of truth exists, according to Bukowski in Eyes Like the Sky?
(a) Parenthood.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Workplace.
(d) World of poetry.

6. What place does Bukowski describe in Purple as an Iris?
(a) His hometown.
(b) A college campus.
(c) An insane asylum.
(d) A hospital.

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

8. What does Bukowski say about acid and the item in conjunction with it?
(a) One trumps the other.
(b) They don't go well together.
(c) They grow in popularity simultaneously.
(d) One is replacing the other.

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

10. What emotion does Bukowski observe on the racetrack coupled with joy in Flower Horse?
(a) Hate.
(b) Anger.
(c) Despair.
(d) Love.

11. What singer is Bukowski listening to in I Shot a Man in Reno?
(a) Ella Fitzgerald.
(b) Elvis.
(c) Johnny Cash.
(d) Sam Cooke.

12. Where do Bukowski and the woman go one day in Purple as an Iris?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) The barn.
(c) The post office.
(d) His home.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bukowski hate the woman who has entered the shop in A Rain of Women?

2. What does Bukowski think of comic strips upon reading them?

3. What is the name of the song that Bukowski is listening to in I Shot a Man in Reno?

4. What does LSD do to a user's reality, according to Bukowski?

5. In Flower Horse, what does Bukowski observe on the racetrack coupled with frivolity?

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