Tales of Ordinary Madness Test | Final Test - Easy

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Tales of Ordinary Madness Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bukowski hate in Flower Horse?
(a) The horses.
(b) Everyone.
(c) His employer.
(d) Himself.

2. Where does Bukowski go during the conversation in Beer and Poets and Talk?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) Outside to smoke.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The grocery store.

3. What is acid's virtue, according to Bukowski?
(a) Its ability to distort truth.
(b) Its ability to put someone to sleep.
(c) Its ability to show truth that is not evident to others.
(d) It has no virtues.

4. What emotion does Bukowski observe on the racetrack coupled with joy in Flower Horse?
(a) Anger.
(b) Hate.
(c) Despair.
(d) Love.

5. What is Bukowski sick with in A Popular Man?
(a) Flu.
(b) Cold.
(c) Meningitis.
(d) Cancer.

6. Where had Bukowski planned on going after the mechanic?
(a) Home.
(b) The horse track.
(c) A bar.
(d) Grocery store.

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

8. In Animal Crackers In My Soup, where has Carol spent time before?
(a) Abroad.
(b) The hospital.
(c) Prison.
(d) A madhouse.

9. What kind of music does Bukowski think about in Notes of a Potential Suicide?
(a) Folk.
(b) Rock.
(c) Pop.
(d) Classical.

10. What does Bukowski do with his phone in Notes on a Pest?
(a) Puts it in a box of rags.
(b) Disconnects it.
(c) Throws it out the window.
(d) Breaks it.

11. What does the woman that Bukowski approaches in I Shot a Man in Reno pull out?
(a) A whistle.
(b) A knife.
(c) Pepper spray.
(d) A gun.

12. In A Bad Trip, what does Bukowski talk about in conjunction with acid?
(a) Music.
(b) Love.
(c) Color television.
(d) Radio.

13. What is the name of the orangutan in Animal Crackers in My Soup?
(a) Carol.
(b) Bilbo.
(c) Gordon.
(d) Nathan.

14. What are the young men in The Big Pot Game high on?
(a) LSD.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Heroin.

15. What did Bukowski witness at the event that he attended as a young boy?
(a) A parachute jumper being hit by a plane.
(b) A parachute jumper landing in a tree.
(c) A parachute jumper landing safely.
(d) A parachute jumper hitting the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bukowski notice on his hands at the end of The Blanket?

2. In Note of a Potential Suicide, what event does Bukowksi remember attending as a boy?

3. How does Bukowski die in A Popular Man?

4. What does Bukowski want to ask the person he imagines having a conversation with in In Night Street of Madness?

5. In Purple as an Iris, what does Bukowski sell?

(see the answer keys)

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