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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. What does the desk clerk give Frank?
(a) His lost wallet.
(b) A letter.
(c) A piece of cheese.
(d) A dinner menu.

2. Where does Bukowski stay one summer?
(a) A dorm room.
(b) The Poet's Cottage.
(c) A friend's house.
(d) A hotel.

3. 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.

4. What does Bukowski think of comic strips upon reading them?
(a) They are not funny at all.
(b) They are sad.
(c) They are funnier than ever.
(d) They are interesting, but not funny.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bukowski hear through the wall in Beer and Poets and Talk?

2. In The Great Zen Wedding, what is Bukowski wearing?

3. What kind of music does Bukowski think about in Notes of a Potential Suicide?

4. What does Bukowski wonder about himself in Notes on a Pest?

5. In Scenes from the Big Time, what does the narrator do all day?

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