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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In A Bad Trip, what does Bukowski talk about in conjunction with acid?
(a) Love.
(b) Color television.
(c) Radio.
(d) Music.

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

4. What is acid's virtue, according to Bukowski?
(a) Its ability to distort truth.
(b) Its ability to show truth that is not evident to others.
(c) Its ability to put someone to sleep.
(d) It has no virtues.

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

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

7. In Note of a Potential Suicide, what event does Bukowksi remember attending as a boy?
(a) Fair.
(b) Air show.
(c) Concert.
(d) Play.

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

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

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

11. When death comes, what does Bukowski do in A Popular Man?
(a) He smiles.
(b) He pleads for his life.
(c) He cries.
(d) He is sadly resigned.

12. What is the name of the woman that Bukowski has relations with in Purple as an Iris?
(a) Vera.
(b) Mary.
(c) Bernie.
(d) Madge.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bukowski want to ask the person he imagines having a conversation with in In Night Street of Madness?

2. In Animal Crackers In My Soup, where has Carol spent time before?

3. Which animal does Gordon catch Carol with first?

4. Where do Bukowski and the woman go one day in Purple as an Iris?

5. What does Bukowski say to the young poet about the incident between the boy and the old man in In Night Streets of Madness?

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