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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The White Beard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Henry Mason's occupation?
(a) Magazine editor.
(b) Salesman.
(c) Writer.
(d) Book publisher.

2. About whom does Bukowski speak when he is with Wendy?
(a) Andre.
(b) Ezra Pound.
(c) James Thurber.
(d) Bukowski's ex-wife.

3. What job does Bukowski take on temporarily after losing a good sum of money at the track in "25 Bums in Rags?"
(a) Garbage man.
(b) Delivering newspapers.
(c) Tutoring college students.
(d) Working in a meat packing plant.

4. What do the police officers do to Blanchard before taking him to the station?
(a) They take him to see the battered girl.
(b) They beat him up.
(c) They castrate him.
(d) They force him into a room with the girl's father.

5. Who stars in the movie that the narrator of "Trouble with a Battery" tries to discuss with the prostitute?
(a) Marlon Brando.
(b) Bing Crosby.
(c) Karl Malden.
(d) Leslie Howard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mason send the waiter away in "All the Great Writers?"

2. What is the little girl in "The Fiend" wearing that catches Blanchard's attention?

3. Like many of his contemporaries (including Bukowski), on what has Andre been cheated?

4. Under what name is Hitler living in "Swastika?"

5. To what does Bukowski compare gambling in "Non-Horseshit Horse Advice; and Another Horse Story?"

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