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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 Gordon approach a house for in Animal Crackers in My Soup?
(a) Some food.
(b) To use a phone.
(c) A glass of water.
(d) Some company.

2. What happens when the men and women's wards mix in Purple as an Iris?
(a) The men assault the women.
(b) They break out of the place.
(c) They pair off together.
(d) They fight.

3. In Notes on the Pest, what does a pest talk to Bukowski about at the diner?
(a) His work.
(b) His coffee.
(c) His personal life.
(d) His doughnut.

4. Who does Bukowski go out with in Notes of a Potential Suicide?
(a) An Englishman.
(b) A Spanish man.
(c) A French man.
(d) A German man.

5. What does Bukowski say in Notes on a Pest that every man has inside him?
(a) Evil.
(b) A pest.
(c) Warmth.
(d) Goodness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bukowski discover in A Bad Trip?

2. What is the name of the song that Bukowski is listening to in I Shot a Man in Reno?

3. What kind of friends does Bukowski have in Beer and Poets and Talk?

4. What is the name of the woman that Bukowski has relations with in Purple as an Iris?

5. In A Bad Trip, what does Bukowski talk about in conjunction with acid?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the murder of Carol's zoo in Animal Crackers in My Soup represent?

2. Why does Bukowski think that current poets and comic strips create their art the way they do?

3. Describe the woman in One for Walter Lowenfels.

4. What does the first woman in A Rain of Women remind Bukowski of?

5. What does Bukowski think of current poets and comic strips in Eyes Like the Sky?

6. Why is the idea that every man can be a pest scary in Notes on the Pest?

7. Why does Bukowski usually avoid talking about literature, and what reminds him of of this in Beer and Poets and Talk?

8. What does Bukowski think of sex in Purple as an Iris?

9. What else does Bukowski realize about himself when he sees Luke in I Shot a Man in Reno?

10. What is Bukowski's idea of justness in his society?

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