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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is mandatory in Bukowski's story about the twelve flying monkeys?
(a) Political commentary.
(b) Sex.
(c) A moral.
(d) Violence.

2. What is the occupation of Barney Anderson in "The Gut-Wringing Machine?"
(a) Writer.
(b) Deep-sea diver.
(c) Bondsman.
(d) Shipping clerk.

3. What do Bukowski and Linda enjoy watching in "3 Women?"
(a) Pornography.
(b) Ducks.
(c) The playground.
(d) Silent movies.

4. How long have Bagley and Danforth worked together?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Twenty-five years.

5. Why does Bukowski quit his job at the meat-packing plant?
(a) He is unable to ever be on time to work.
(b) He keeps getting into fights with his coworkers.
(c) He finds it disgusting.
(d) He cannot find a way to drink at work.

6. What does Bukowski do with Cass on their first night together that surprises her?
(a) He massages her back.
(b) He reads her some of his poetry.
(c) He waits until morning to initiate sex.
(d) He cooks her dinner and lets her use his shower.

7. For whom does Sanchez's lover name herself?
(a) Brecht.
(b) Goethe.
(c) Kafka.
(d) Dante.

8. How does the law enforcement prove that Tanya is not human by their standards?
(a) They ask her to produce a birth certificate.
(b) They dissect her circuitry.
(c) They take control of her circuit box.
(d) They gang rape her.

9. What happens to Bukowski in regard to his apartment at the end of "3 Women?"
(a) Linda's friends pay for three months rent for him.
(b) He is evicted.
(c) He gains a new roommate.
(d) The apartment catches on fire from his cigarette.

10. Despite his talent, about what does Sanchez not particularly care?
(a) Fame.
(b) Writing.
(c) Politics.
(d) Women.

11. At the beginning of "3 Women," what happens to the tenant upstairs?
(a) He jumps to his death.
(b) He is robbed and murdered.
(c) He gets married.
(d) He is dumped by his girlfriend.

12. What do Joe and Cherry Hyans not like about Bukowski in "The Birth, Life and Death of an Underground Newspaper?"
(a) His gambling addictions.
(b) His drunken behavior.
(c) His inability to hold a job.
(d) His penchant to date unstable women.

13. In "3 Chickens," who is Margi?
(a) Vicki's sister.
(b) The nurse who helps to care for Vicki's arm.
(c) Bukowski's landlady.
(d) An intended one-night-stand.

14. How many times did Sanchez have to retake the picture to get it just right?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

15. According to Bukowski, when is the only time one should bet on a closer during a horse race?
(a) Short races.
(b) When the jockey is substituted.
(c) When the lead horse falls behind.
(d) Long races.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the women go the morning after Bukowski has slept with each of them in "3 Women?"

2. How much money does Bukowski win at the end of "25 Bums in Rags?"

3. What does Bukowski buy for Harry?

4. Under what identity does Von Brashlitz hide Tanya's real function?

5. When Bukowski returns to town, what has Cass done to her body that upsets him?

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