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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Night Streets of Madness, where do Bukowski and the young poet sit?
(a) In the car.
(b) On a porch.
(c) In the park.
(d) Inside the house.

2. In Scenes from the Big Time, which inmate serves time in the hole?
(a) Joe Statz.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Sears.
(d) Blaine.

3. How does Bukowski discover what he does in A Bad Trip?
(a) After a moment's reflection.
(b) After a conversation.
(c) After months of thinking.
(d) On an acid trip.

4. Who has prevented Jack Hendley from preparing his bets in advance?
(a) His brother.
(b) A house guest.
(c) The other gamblers.
(d) His wife.

5. What does Bukowski wonder about himself in Notes on a Pest?
(a) Whether he is intelligent.
(b) Whether he is a good husband.
(c) Whether he is a pest.
(d) Whether he is loveable.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who tears an item of Mad Jimmy's?

3. What is Bukowski beaten with in Love It or Leave It?

4. What does Bukowski give the fat woman's son in Rape! Rape!?

5. Where does Bukowski stay one summer?

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