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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Bad Trip.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does one particular pest call Bukowski?
(a) Every night.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Every morning.
(d) Noon.

2. What is Bukowski beaten with in Love It or Leave It?
(a) A pipe.
(b) A glass bottle.
(c) A belt.
(d) A bat.

3. What saves Blaine from being raped?
(a) The guards.
(b) His emotions.
(c) His physical unattractiveness.
(d) His strength.

4. What profession does Benny have?
(a) Poet.
(b) Postal worker.
(c) Factory worker.
(d) Teacher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What singer is Bukowski listening to in I Shot a Man in Reno?

2. How does Bukowski spend most of his time in My Stay at the Poet's Cottage?

3. In One for Walter Lowenfels, where does the man's daughter need to go today?

4. How does Bukowski think of his conversation with his friend in A Quiet Conversation Piece?

5. Whose birthday is it towards the end of One for Walter Lowenfels?

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