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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fill in the blank: Bukowski and Madge win big on Claremount III and __________.
(a) Ace of Spades.
(b) Lucky Max.
(c) Sandy Beaches.
(d) Chartreuse.

2. What does Duke wish to do with Ginny for the long-term?
(a) He wants her to become pregnant with his child.
(b) He wants her to move in with them.
(c) He wants her to help them collect the gold.
(d) He wants to marry her.

3. What is Bukowski's opinion about the people in charge in "Politics is like Trying to Screw a Cat in the Ass?"
(a) They are true leaders.
(b) They deserve respect.
(c) He does not quite agree with the need for a government.
(d) They are idiots.

4. Which assassination or assassinations does Hitler claim to have been behind in "Swastika?"
(a) The Kennedys'.
(b) John Lennon
(c) Medgar Evans.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

5. What does Jeff do that incites a round of violence in "A Drinking Partner," shocking and disgusting Bukowski?
(a) Breaks a chair over a man's head.
(b) Threatens to beat their waitress.
(c) Pushes a nun onto a busy road.
(d) Shoves a pregnant woman down the stairs.

6. What language is expressly forbidden around Hitler-as-the-President in "Swastika?"
(a) English.
(b) French.
(c) Italian.
(d) German.

7. What does Marie resist sleeping with Charlie?
(a) She is angry about his flirtatious ways.
(b) She is afraid of his drunken state.
(c) She thinks she is a lesbian.
(d) She is a "good girl."

8. What rumor does Lincoln believe about Vasquez?
(a) Vasquez is a drug dealer.
(b) Vasquez is a pedophile.
(c) Vasquez keeps five thousand dollars in his home.
(d) Vasquez is a murderer.

9. What does the unnamed narrator of "Trouble with a Battery" reveal to have been the reason he picked up a prostitute in the first place?
(a) He was getting his watch repaired.
(b) His car battery died.
(c) He was trying to get back at his wife.
(d) He was looking for a set of batteries for his daughter's toy.

10. Which of the following is not a trait shared by Bukowski and Jeff in "A Drinking Partner?"
(a) Light eater.
(b) Heavy drinker.
(c) Fugitive.
(d) Single.

11. According to Mason, what sort of product must he push in order to make a profit in his business?
(a) Premium electronics.
(b) Sex.
(c) Flashing advertising.
(d) Books that will sell.

12. On the first morning Charlie stays with Marie, what does she leave behind?
(a) Her checkbook.
(b) Her photo albums.
(c) Her diary.
(d) Ten dollars.

13. What is the disparity in the looks of the two women versus their true age in "My Big-Assed Mother?"
(a) Ten years.
(b) Thirty years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Fifteen years.

14. What does Tony claim about himself and the corpse?
(a) He claims that the corpse is his dead boss.
(b) He claims that he dated the woman while she was still alive.
(c) He claims he is in love.
(d) He claims that the corpse was responsive to him during sex.

15. What does the prostitute offer to perform for the unnamed narrator in "Trouble with a Battery," which he declines?
(a) Bondage.
(b) A threesome.
(c) Oral sex.
(d) Anal sex.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the patients at the institution, what probably drove the man who claims to be president (though looks like Hitler) crazy?

3. How old is the prostitute who joins the three men in "The White Beard?"

4. What story overtakes any stories about the U.S. government's accidental contamination of other countries' coasts?

5. What does not appear to be one of Tony and Billy's concerns when they steal the corpse?

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