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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Notes of a Potential Suicide.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Dan Skorski quit?
(a) Writing.
(b) Grocery store.
(c) Rubber processing plant.
(d) Post office.

2. What does Bukowski's friend in A Quiet Conversation Piece study to be?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A priest.
(c) A rector.
(d) A rabbi.

3. What does Bukowski argue about the human toll of his friend's suggestion?
(a) The toll is worth the aftermath.
(b) The cost is too great for such little progress.
(c) He thinks some humans need to be lost for any great change.
(d) He is fine with it as long as he is okay.

4. In Note of a Potential Suicide, what event does Bukowksi remember attending as a boy?
(a) Fair.
(b) Play.
(c) Air show.
(d) Concert.

5. What does Bukowski think of his friend's suggestion for the United States?
(a) It will purge both the good and bad from the US.
(b) It will depend on how it is carried out.
(c) He said nothing.
(d) It will be good for the US.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Notes of a Potential Suicide, what does Bukowski fail at?

2. What did Bukowski witness at the event that he attended as a young boy?

3. Where does Dan go rather than going home?

4. What kind of job is Dan offered?

5. Where does Dan go for his new job?

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