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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Bukowski think of his friend's suggestion for the United States?
2. In Goodbye Watson, where does the narrator go after he wakes up?
3. What does the desk clerk tell Frank?
4. What does the man in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit think of Bukowski's employment status?
5. How many people tease Mr. Sneed?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Describe the moral code of prison in Scenes from the Big Time.
3. What is Harry driven by in Reunion?
4. What does Bukowski realize in the jail cell in No Stockings?
5. What does the narrator of Goodbye Watson think about literature?
6. Describe Duke's relationship with Lala in A .45 to Pay the Rent.
7. How is the foreman in Love it or Leave it cruel?
8. What does Bukowski say to Vera when she asks him if she is too fat in No Stockings?
9. What is the fan's fault in thinking, according to Bukowski in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit?
10. What distinct human traits are revealed in Rape! Rape!?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"Animal Crackers in My Soup" has an abrupt and somewhat unusual conclusion. What happens in the conclusion? What does the baby represent? Why does the story end the way it does? Make sure you answer each question with evidence and support from the story.
Essay Topic 2
"Eyes Like the Sky" serves as something of a rant for Bukowski, and he complains about the state of comic strips and poets today. Describe what Bukowski thinks of current poetry and comic strips. Why does he have this opinion on these mediums? What does he see for the future of these mediums? Make sure you answer each question with evidence and support from the story.
Essay Topic 3
In Tales or Ordinary Madness, "A .45 to Pay the Rent" and "Doing Time with Public Enemy No. 1" are two different stories about men in some kind of prison. How is Bukowski different from Duke, personality-wise? How do they deal with their different trials in life, and who do you think handles their "imprisonment" better? Make sure you answer each question with evidence and support from the stories.
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