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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mason tell James Burkett to do in "All the Great Writers?"
(a) Find a new publisher.
(b) Not to quit his day job.
(c) Move to a different city.
(d) Study Bukowski for inspiration.

2. How does Blanchard keep the two little boys under control while he rapes the girl?
(a) He promises them presents.
(b) He threatens them with violence.
(c) He locks them in a soundproof room.
(d) He tells them that he is a doctor taking care of their sick friend.

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) They are idiots.
(d) He does not quite agree with the need for a government.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bukowski, he is twenty-nine years old in "My Big-Assed Mother," but looks what age?

2. Why does Bukowski ask Madge to keep her skirt pulled down while they are at the race track?

3. What does Marie resist sleeping with Charlie?

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

5. According to Bukowski, what is Jeff's likely fate by the end of the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the fate of the president after the surgeries are completed?

2. How does Bukowski force the police to leave in "My Big-Assed Mother?"

3. What are Henry Mason's opinions about artists?

4. Who is Ginny?

5. Why does Madge first take Bukowski to Hollywood Park?

6. What is significant about Andrew's conversation with his girlfriend?

7. Describe Tito and Baby.

8. What happens when Bukowski decides to not correct the visitors' assumption that he himself is Andre?

9. What are some of the factors Tony and Bill discuss before seeing their stolen corpse for the first time?

10. How and why does Vasquez extend his hospitality to Lincoln and Andrew?

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