View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the other men like on the train in Love it or Leave it?
(a) Friendly but loud.
(b) Ragged and boisterous.
(c) Angry and silent.
(d) Reserved and polite.

2. Where does Bukowski return home to at the end of My Stay at the Poet's Cottage?
(a) New York.
(b) Tucson.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Dallas.

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

4. What does the man in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit think of Bukowski's employment status?
(a) He gives no opinion.
(b) He praises his work at the post office.
(c) He cannot understand.
(d) He sees it as normal.

5. What does Dan say about Bukowski's writing in No Stockings?
(a) He is confused.
(b) He avoids the subject.
(c) He praises it.
(d) He criticizes it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank describe to his mother?

2. What does Mrs. Connors bring Mr. Sneed?

3. What does Mr. Sneed believe there is no shame in?

4. What does Bukowski argue about the human toll of his friend's suggestion?

5. What is the name of the beautiful woman in Rape! Rape!?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In My Stay in the Poet's Cottage, how does Bukowski reply to the editor who is shocked at his walking in the stifling heat rather than wait for the bus?

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

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

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

6. In Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit, how does Bukowski feel about his fans, and why?

7. Describe the town in An Evil Town.

8. Describe Mr. Sneed in A Dollar and 20 Cents.

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

10. What does Bukowski think of revolution in contrast to Maxie in A Quiet Conversation Piece?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 691 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample