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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 does the narrator offer to his girlfriend in Too Sensitive?
(a) To get Benny a job as his editor.
(b) To get her a job at the post office.
(c) To get Benny a job at the post office.
(d) To get her a job at the workshop.

2. In A Quiet Conversation Piece, who does Bukowski sit with?
(a) Barney.
(b) Dan.
(c) Madge.
(d) Maxie.

3. What does Mr. Sneed believe there is no shame in?
(a) Working at the post office.
(b) Living simply.
(c) Living extravagantly.
(d) Aging.

4. In Goodbye Watson, what athlete does the narrator have success with?
(a) Madge.
(b) Watson Jones.
(c) Jack Hendley.
(d) Enrique Balanos.

5. How much money does Harry owe the mechanic?
(a) One hundred dollars.
(b) Seventy dollars.
(c) Fifty dollars.
(d) Two hundred dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bukowski return home to at the end of My Stay at the Poet's Cottage?

2. Who does Bukowski drink heavily with prior to the Great Zen Wedding ceremony?

3. In My Stay at the Poet's Cottage, how does Bukowski get to the train station?

4. Why is Bukowski incarcerated in Doing Time with Public Enemy No. 1?

5. Where does Dan spend much of his time while at work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the town in An Evil Town.

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

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

4. What does the young boy represent in Love it or Leave it?

5. Describe the character of Signo in The Stupid Christs.

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

7. What distinct human traits are revealed in Rape! Rape!?

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

9. Describe Duke's relationship with Lala in A .45 to Pay the Rent.

10. What kind of relationships does Bukowski form in My Stay in the Poet's Cottage?

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