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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the weather like where Bukowski is staying in My Stay at the Poet's Cottage?
(a) Cool.
(b) Average weather.
(c) Cold.
(d) Unbearably hot.

2. Why does the girlfriend scoff at the narrator's offer in Too Sensitive?
(a) She thinks Benny is too arrogant for the job.
(b) She thinks Benny is too good for that job.
(c) She thinks Benny is too sensitive.
(d) She thinks Benny is not skilled enough.

3. How much money do Harry and Madge have in Reunion?
(a) Fifteen dollars.
(b) Fifteen hundred dollars.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) One hundred dollars.

4. What does Bukowski ask the woman to do after he takes a bath?
(a) To give him money.
(b) To make dinner.
(c) To leave.
(d) To call the police.

5. In The Great Zen Wedding, what is Bukowski wearing?
(a) A necktie.
(b) A panama hat.
(c) Shorts.
(d) A t-shirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Goodbye Watson, why does the narrator wake up soaking wet?

2. What does Frank do when he is back in his room?

3. What gift does Bukowksi give the couple for their wedding?

4. What does the man interpret one of Bukowski's poems to be about in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit?

5. What profession does Benny have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bukowksi obey social conventions when attending the wedding in The Great Zen Wedding?

2. Describe Charles Bukowski's character in Doing Time with Public Enemy No. 1.

3. Describe the moral code of prison in Scenes from the Big Time.

4. Describe the character of Frank Evans in An Evil Town.

5. What does the narrator say he will require of his creative writing students in Goodbye Watson?

6. What is Bukowski's primal desire in Rape! Rape!, and how does he reveal it?

7. Describe the town in An Evil Town.

8. What is the fan's fault in thinking, according to Bukowski in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit?

9. How does Mr. Sneed view death in A Dollar and 20 Cents?

10. What does the narrator of Goodbye Watson think about literature?

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