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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. In Notes of a Potential Suicide, what does Bukowski fail at?
(a) His marriage.
(b) His speech.
(c) A test.
(d) Picking up girls.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In A Quiet Conversation Piece, what does his friend believe the United States needs?

2. What does Dan try to do one night while drunk?

3. Where does Dan spend much of his time while at work?

4. What does Bukowski's friend in A Quiet Conversation Piece study to be?

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

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