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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bukowski want to ask the person he imagines having a conversation with in In Night Street of Madness?
(a) What he meant in his letter.
(b) Why he left him.
(c) Why the person killed himself.
(d) To come home.

3. Who is Bukowski's final visitor in A Popular Man?
(a) A rabbi.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A priest.
(d) An English teacher.

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

5. What delusion does Bukowski have of tiny men in The Blanket?
(a) They are trying to electrocute him.
(b) They write him a book.
(c) They converse with him.
(d) They try to drown him.

6. What is Bukowski sick with in A Popular Man?
(a) Meningitis.
(b) Flu.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Cold.

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

8. What does Bukowski think comic strips used to be?
(a) Satire.
(b) Angry.
(c) Human.
(d) Superficial.

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

10. In Night Streets of Madness, who does Bukowski think about having a conversation with?
(a) Henry Chinasky.
(b) His wife.
(c) His father.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

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

12. Why does Gordon marry Carol?
(a) She is religious.
(b) They simply want to be married.
(c) To inherit her estate in case she dies.
(d) He is religious.

13. What does the woman that Bukowski approaches in I Shot a Man in Reno pull out?
(a) Pepper spray.
(b) A gun.
(c) A whistle.
(d) A knife.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Night Streets of Madness, where do Bukowski and the young poet sit?

2. What does Bukowski wonder about himself in Notes on a Pest?

3. What kind of music does Bukowski think about in Notes of a Potential Suicide?

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

5. What does Bukowski notice on his hands at the end of The Blanket?

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