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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens at the end of Beers and Poets and Talk?
(a) Bukowski returns to his friends.
(b) Bukowski leaves his friends for the day.
(c) Bukowski starts a fight with his friends.
(d) Bukowski goes to sleep.

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

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

8. 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.

9. Where does Bukowski find the ticket that he thought he lost in Flower Horse?
(a) On the ground.
(b) Under his cup.
(c) In his wallet.
(d) On the table.

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

11. What is the name of Bukowski's neighbor in The Blanket?
(a) Frank.
(b) Mick.
(c) Vera.
(d) Maxie.

12. What does Bukowski's final visitor give him?
(a) A novel.
(b) A coffin.
(c) A book of poetry.
(d) A check.

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

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

15. What does LSD do to a user's reality, according to Bukowski?
(a) Ends it.
(b) Enhances it.
(c) Alters it.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which animal does Gordon catch Carol with first?

2. Where had Bukowski planned on going after the mechanic?

3. What does Bukowski say about acid and the item in conjunction with it?

4. In One for Walter Lowenfels, what does the woman believe in?

5. Who does Bukowski go out with in Notes of a Potential Suicide?

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