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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 175-194.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the occupation of the subject in "That's Why Funerals Are So Sad"?
(a) An actor.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A writer.
(d) A boxer.

2. To whom/what does Emily Bukowski tend?
(a) Birds.
(b) Her grandchildren.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Cats.

3. Whom does Chinaski seem to think deserves better than any other man?
(a) His father.
(b) John Fante.
(c) Himself.
(d) Hemingway.

4. In "The Boil," for whom does Chinaski work?
(a) Proctor & Gamble.
(b) Pepsi.
(c) Nabisco.
(d) Random House.

5. Who is Emily Bukowski?
(a) Bukowski's wife.
(b) Bukowski's grandmother.
(c) Bukowski's mother.
(d) Bukowski's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chinaski, where are all of his defenders?

2. Chinaski believes that most poets are which of the following?

3. What was Fante's occupation?

4. In school, Chinaski often had difficulty with ___________.

5. Which poem is considered a play on words?

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