View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Notes on the Pest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bukowski drink heavily with prior to the Great Zen Wedding ceremony?
(a) Roy.
(b) Hollis.
(c) Zen Master.
(d) Harvey.

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

3. Why does Bukowski hate the woman who has entered the shop in A Rain of Women?
(a) For her intelligence.
(b) For her stupidity.
(c) For her ugliness.
(d) For her meanness.

4. What does the Too Sensitive narrator's girlfriend tell him about Benny Adimson?
(a) He has been hired.
(b) He quit.
(c) He has been promoted.
(d) He has been laid off.

5. How does Bukowski feel about the situation in poetry in Eyes Like the Sky?
(a) It will never change.
(b) It can change.
(c) It will get worse.
(d) It is already better.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man's daughter in One for Walter Lowenfels?

2. Where is Frank Evans staying in An Evil Town?

3. What gift does Bukowksi give the couple for their wedding?

4. What does Bukowski think of comic strips upon reading them?

5. In A Quiet Conversation Piece, who does Bukowski sit with?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 221 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample