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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jeff and Bukowski's favorite bar?
(a) The Roach's Den.
(b) The Green Light.
(c) Jones's Distillery.
(d) The Hair of the Dog.

2. At what address are the surgeries on the president of the United States performed in "Swastika?"
(a) 2435 Shoreham Drive.
(b) 1984 Huxley Street.
(c) 1900 Lakeview Avenue.
(d) 3568 Government Drive.

3. About whom does Bukowski speak when he is with Wendy?
(a) Bukowski's ex-wife.
(b) Ezra Pound.
(c) Andre.
(d) James Thurber.

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

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

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

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

8. What do the police officers do to Blanchard before taking him to the station?
(a) They castrate him.
(b) They take him to see the battered girl.
(c) They beat him up.
(d) They force him into a room with the girl's father.

9. Under what name is Hitler living in "Swastika?"
(a) Werner.
(b) Steinberg.
(c) Tilson.
(d) Meyers.

10. What does Bukowski consider doing at the end of "The Beginner" when he wins the money?
(a) Renting a fancy hotel room.
(b) Hiring a prostitute.
(c) Dumping Madge.
(d) Buying drugs.

11. What tragedy occurs at the end of "The White Beard?"
(a) A house collapses.
(b) A flashflood destroys the town.
(c) The church catches on fire.
(d) A school bus is bombed.

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

13. What animals must Harry and Duke be wary of when they go to mine the gold?
(a) Vipers.
(b) Rattlesnakes.
(c) Coyotes.
(d) Bats.

14. 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 trying to get back at his wife.
(b) His car battery died.
(c) He was getting his watch repaired.
(d) He was looking for a set of batteries for his daughter's toy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is notable about Bukowski's time at the track in "The Beginner?"

2. How does Madge choose horses to bet on in "The Beginner?"

3. What is the name of the hospital in "The Copulating Mermaid of Venice, California?"

4. What business does Marie in "A Lovely Love Affair" run?

5. In "All the Pussy We Want," for what reasons does Harry claim gold is thrown up above ground?

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