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

2. What is Chinaski's justification for indolence and excess?
(a) His privilege.
(b) His childhood.
(c) His existence.
(d) His love life.

3. In "Red Mercedes," what does the passenger hand the driver of the car from the glove box?
(a) A gun.
(b) A knife.
(c) A phone.
(d) A folder of documents.

4. Whom does Chinaski pity in "Supposedly Famous"?
(a) His brothers and sisters.
(b) Hs parents.
(c) His wife.
(d) His cats

5. What is Chinaski's emotion in "I'll Take It..."?
(a) Angry.
(b) Nostalgic.
(c) Sad.
(d) Grateful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Shoes," what does the young man think of the shoes?

3. Chinaski's work is most likely a rebuttal to authors like ______________.

4. When Chinaski writes, who or what accompanies him?

5. Where is Chinaski in "Sunny Side Down"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What relationships are defined in "A Non-urgent Poem" and "For My Ivy League Friends"?

2. What is the poem "Together" about?

3. What metaphor does Chinaski use to symbolize modern America?

4. How do many of the poems seem to serve as a defense of listlessness?

5. Describe the message of "For the Concerned."

6. In his poems, Bukowski acknowledges that all people have what, and why?

7. Which poem expresses a counterpoint of an indulgent and listless life?

8. Describe Chinaski's feelings for John Fante.

9. What does "The Master Plan" reveal about Chinaski?

10. What does Chinaski point out in "Termites of the Page"?

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