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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 73-93.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What significant event in history does Chinaski consider in "Sunny Side Down"?
(a) Cold War.
(b) French Revolution.
(c) World War II.
(d) Industrial Revolution.

2. Saroyan insists that in order for him to write he needs to ______________.
(a) Hike.
(b) Gamble.
(c) Draw.
(d) Drive.

3. What does Bukowski seem to defend through his poetry?
(a) Education.
(b) Slefishness.
(c) Listlessness.
(d) Lack of ambition.

4. What is the second thing the man Chinaski tries to help drops?
(a) His paperwork.
(b) His cane.
(c) His hearing aid.
(d) His medication.

5. In "Termites of the Page," whom does Bukowski lambast?
(a) Poets.
(b) Athletes.
(c) Celebrities.
(d) Middle class workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the woman in "A Good Time" want to be taken?

2. What is the name of the thief who lives in a boarding house in "Bad Times at the 3rd and Vermont Hotel"?

3. What is Chinaski's justification for indolence and excess?

4. Who has an ironic death in Bukowski's work?

5. When Chinaski finds out he will have to live alone in "Rift," what does he feel?

(see the answer key)

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