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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Saroyan flees from the United States to _________.
(a) Germany.
(b) Britain.
(c) France.
(d) Croatia.

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

3. In "Working It Out," who is Gregory Peck portraying on television?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

4. In "A Non-urgent Poem," a man says that Chinaski has lost which of the following?
(a) Faith.
(b) Urgency.
(c) Mood.
(d) Emotion.

5. What is the format of the poems in this collection?
(a) Free verse.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Haiku.
(d) Sonnet.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When the thief in the boarding house tries to rob Chinaski, how does he get back at him?

4. In "Education," what does Chinaski remember?

5. What does Bukowski seem to defend through his poetry?

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