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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Bukowski receive at the end of "The Most Beautiful Woman in Town?"
(a) Cass has committed suicide.
(b) Cass has been hit by a car.
(c) Cass has left him for another man.
(d) Cass is pregnant.

2. In what mood is Bukowski at the end of "The Day We Talked About James Thurber?"
(a) Pensive.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Depressed.

3. Where do the women go the morning after Bukowski has slept with each of them in "3 Women?"
(a) Tommy-Hi's.
(b) The Satisfactory Help Agency.
(c) Tony's.
(d) The Roach Motel.

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

5. What sort of charges result from the publication of Joe and Cherry's newpaper?
(a) Incention to riot.
(b) Disorderly conduct.
(c) Public drunkenness.
(d) Obscenity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Tony and Bill do to the corpse before disposing of it at the end of the story?

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

3. Why does Kathy throw a book at Bukowski?

4. Fill in the blank: Surgeons replace the president's brain and ________ with those of Hitler's.

5. What is Bukowski's alias in "A Lovely Love Affair?"

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