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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Notes on the Pest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Doing Time with Public Enemy No. 1, what does Bukowski's non-English speaking cell mate do?
(a) Gets out of prison before Bukowski.
(b) Attacks Bukowski.
(c) Learns English from Bukowski.
(d) Steals Bukowski's sheets.

2. What does Mr. Sneed believe there is no shame in?
(a) Working at the post office.
(b) Living extravagantly.
(c) Living simply.
(d) Aging.

3. What kind of friends does Bukowski have in Beer and Poets and Talk?
(a) Ignorant.
(b) Illiterate.
(c) Working-class.
(d) Literary.

4. What is the name of the man's daughter in One for Walter Lowenfels?
(a) Madge.
(b) Tina.
(c) Vera.
(d) Lala.

5. Why does Bukowski take his car to the mechanic in A Rain of Women?
(a) To change the battery.
(b) To get the tires rotated.
(c) To get an oil change.
(d) To fix a dent.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit, what does the man that approaches Bukowski do?

2. In I shot a man in Reno, how long is Bukowski hired for his job?

3. How does Bukowski feel after being charged with rape?

4. Where is Chinasky's flight headed?

5. Where does Jack Hendley arrive in Cunt and Kant and a Happy Home?

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