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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 is the name of Dan's friend in No Stockings?
(a) Madge.
(b) Mary.
(c) Danielle.
(d) Vera.

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

3. What is the name of Bukowski's companion at the event in Notes of a Potential Suicide?
(a) Gerry.
(b) Frank.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Harry.

4. Who does Bukowski go out with in Notes of a Potential Suicide?
(a) A French man.
(b) A German man.
(c) An Englishman.
(d) A Spanish man.

5. What emotion does Bukowski feel within himself in A Rain of Women?
(a) Shame.
(b) Satisfaction.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bukowski drink heavily with prior to the Great Zen Wedding ceremony?

2. In My Stay at the Poet's Cottage, how does Bukowski get to the train station?

3. Where do Bukowski and the woman go one day in Purple as an Iris?

4. How does Bukowski brush off the man in Great Poets Die in Steaming Pots of Shit?

5. How does the boy respond to the old man in Night Streets of Madness?

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