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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 94-112.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is most fond of motivational cliches?
(a) Chinaski's father.
(b) Chinaski's mentor.
(c) Chinaski.
(d) Chinaski's mother.

2. What is the first thing that the man whom Chinaski tries to help drops?
(a) His gloves.
(b) His hat.
(c) His glasses.
(d) His wallet.

3. In "Supposedly Famous," Chinaski takes stock of __________.
(a) His life.
(b) His family.
(c) His knowledge.
(d) His wife's life.

4. Where is the man located in "The Man in the Brown Suit"?
(a) An office.
(b) A bank.
(c) A grocery store.
(d) A diner.

5. What is the name of the thief who lives in a boarding house in "Bad Times at the 3rd and Vermont Hotel"?
(a) Hondur.
(b) Alabam.
(c) Tenness.
(d) Dakota.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Chinaski's lover with whom he lived with on next to nothing?

2. What does Bukowski seem to defend through his poetry?

3. In "Putrefaction," back to which decade does Chinaski think the country is regressing?

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

5. When the thief in the boarding house tries to rob Chinaski, how does he get back at him?

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