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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotion does Bukowski observe on the racetrack coupled with joy in Flower Horse?
(a) Despair.
(b) Love.
(c) Anger.
(d) Hate.

2. In Purple as an Iris, who discovers Bukowski and the woman?
(a) His wife.
(b) His friends.
(c) Orderlies.
(d) Other patients.

3. In A Popular Man, who does a man tell Bukowski that his wife has been having an affair with?
(a) Bukowski.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The President.
(d) A rabbi.

4. In A Bad Trip, what does Bukowski talk about in conjunction with acid?
(a) Love.
(b) Radio.
(c) Music.
(d) Color television.

5. How does Bukowski die in A Popular Man?
(a) Shoots himself.
(b) Fever.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Chokes to death.

6. When death comes, what does Bukowski do in A Popular Man?
(a) He is sadly resigned.
(b) He cries.
(c) He pleads for his life.
(d) He smiles.

7. What singer is Bukowski listening to in I Shot a Man in Reno?
(a) Elvis.
(b) Ella Fitzgerald.
(c) Sam Cooke.
(d) Johnny Cash.

8. What happens at the end of Beers and Poets and Talk?
(a) Bukowski returns to his friends.
(b) Bukowski leaves his friends for the day.
(c) Bukowski starts a fight with his friends.
(d) Bukowski goes to sleep.

9. How does the mechanic in A Rain of Women approach Bukowski?
(a) Uncooperatively and lazily.
(b) Enthusiastically.
(c) With the average amount of work.
(d) In a hostile manner.

10. What is the name of the woman that Bukowski has relations with in Purple as an Iris?
(a) Madge.
(b) Mary.
(c) Vera.
(d) Bernie.

11. Why does Bukowski hate the woman who has entered the shop in A Rain of Women?
(a) For her ugliness.
(b) For her intelligence.
(c) For her meanness.
(d) For her stupidity.

12. What does Bukowski want to ask the person he imagines having a conversation with in In Night Street of Madness?
(a) Why he left him.
(b) Why the person killed himself.
(c) To come home.
(d) What he meant in his letter.

13. What are the young men in The Big Pot Game high on?
(a) Heroin.
(b) LSD.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Cocaine.

14. In Flower Horse, what does Bukowski observe on the racetrack coupled with frivolity?
(a) Playfulness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Importance.
(d) Sadness.

15. Where had Bukowski planned on going after the mechanic?
(a) Home.
(b) A bar.
(c) The horse track.
(d) Grocery store.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bukowski take his car to the mechanic in A Rain of Women?

2. In Beer and Poets and Talk, what does Bukowski think of the poets?

3. Whose birthday is it towards the end of One for Walter Lowenfels?

4. What does Bukowski think comic strips used to be?

5. In Night Streets of Madness, who does Bukowski think about having a conversation with?

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