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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Beginner.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Bukowski touched by Gloria Westhaven when she gets off the bus in Texas?
(a) She is joyful about coming home to Texas.
(b) She is angry about the state of politics in Texas.
(c) She is depressed over the loss of her husband.
(d) She is crying.

2. How does the bartender in "The Most Beautiful Woman in Town" react to Cass's public body piercing?
(a) He laughs and gives her a vodka as a disinfectant.
(b) He tries to throw her and Bukowski out of the bar.
(c) He vomits behind the bar.
(d) He buys her a whiskey out of respect for her toughness.

3. Why does Mason send the waiter away in "All the Great Writers?"
(a) The waiter was trying to sell Mason a manuscript.
(b) The waiter was smoking a cigarette.
(c) The waiter was coughing on their food.
(d) The waiter developed an erection from looking at Francine.

4. From where does Bukowski claim to have pulled Kathy in "25 Bums in Rags?"
(a) A poorhouse.
(b) A gin mill.
(c) A brothel.
(d) A nunnery.

5. To what does Bukowski compare gambling in "Non-Horseshit Horse Advice; and Another Horse Story?"
(a) Copulation.
(b) Seduction.
(c) Fellatio.
(d) Masturbation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concerns Bukowski when he finds himself in the ambulance during "Life and Death in the Charity Ward?"

2. What job does Bukowski attempt to get at the Farm Labor Market in "3 Women?"

3. Which assassination or assassinations does Hitler claim to have been behind in "Swastika?"

4. What is Bukowski's opinion about the people in charge in "Politics is like Trying to Screw a Cat in the Ass?"

5. Off the coast of what country does one of the U.S. government's bombs split open?

(see the answer key)

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