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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9 and Section 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to section nine, what is it that makes Reagan right and everyone else so wrong?
(a) Facts.
(b) Speech writers.
(c) Fame.
(d) God.

2. Who is knocking at the door when Bukowski wakes up after the card game fight?
(a) Landlady.
(b) No one.
(c) Police.
(d) Friends.

3. In what Italian city does section five take place?
(a) Rome.
(b) Naples.
(c) Milan.
(d) Venice.

4. As section three begins, what instrument does Bukowski sit down to play?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Piano.
(c) Fiddle.
(d) Saxophone.

5. While in jail for killing Bugsy, what does Bukowski learn was the result of the baseball game?
(a) Blues lost.
(b) Blues won.
(c) He doesn't find out.
(d) Tied game.

Short Answer Questions

1. During section nine Bukowski gives a quote from Reagan. What political office does he say Reagan holds at this time?

2. As section nine ends, Bukowski tells the story of a conversation with a psychiatrist friend in what town?

3. What is the name of Big Jack's girlfriend in section three?

4. When Bukowski finds himself outside Yankee Stadium in section six, which former Yankee player does he mention as his boyhood hero?

5. At the end of section ten, Moss tells the woman he calls that he's been thinking about a dress she wore. What color was the dress?

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