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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 does the narrator offer to his girlfriend in Too Sensitive?
(a) To get her a job at the post office.
(b) To get Benny a job as his editor.
(c) To get Benny a job at the post office.
(d) To get her a job at the workshop.

2. What is the weather like where Bukowski is staying in My Stay at the Poet's Cottage?
(a) Unbearably hot.
(b) Average weather.
(c) Cold.
(d) Cool.

3. What does Mr. Sneed do by the ocean?
(a) Sits on a bench.
(b) Swims in the ocean.
(c) Socializes with friends.
(d) Eats his lunch.

4. How much money do Harry and Madge have in Reunion?
(a) Fifteen dollars.
(b) One hundred dollars.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) Fifteen hundred dollars.

5. What does Bukowski give the fat woman's son in Rape! Rape!?
(a) A dollar.
(b) A hug.
(c) A toy.
(d) A cookie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Bukowski incarcerated in Doing Time with Public Enemy No. 1?

2. In Rape! Rape!, where does Bukowski follow the woman he sees?

3. What saves Blaine from being raped?

4. In Goodbye Watson, where does the narrator go after he wakes up?

5. Who does Chinasky avoid at a party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of relationships does Bukowski form in My Stay in the Poet's Cottage?

2. Describe Mr. Sneed in A Dollar and 20 Cents.

3. How does Bukowksi obey social conventions when attending the wedding in The Great Zen Wedding?

4. What does Bukowski think of revolution in contrast to Maxie in A Quiet Conversation Piece?

5. Describe the moral code of prison in Scenes from the Big Time.

6. Describe the character of Signo in The Stupid Christs.

7. What does the narrator say he will require of his creative writing students in Goodbye Watson?

8. What does Bukowski say to Vera when she asks him if she is too fat in No Stockings?

9. In My Stay in the Poet's Cottage, how does Bukowski reply to the editor who is shocked at his walking in the stifling heat rather than wait for the bus?

10. What does the young boy represent in Love it or Leave it?

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