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) His employer.
(b) The horses.
(c) Everyone.
(d) Himself.

2. In Flower Horse, what does Bukowski observe on the racetrack coupled with frivolity?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Playfulness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Importance.

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

4. In The Big Pot Game, what does Bukowski think that older men have around them?
(a) Contentedness.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Comfort.
(d) Misery.

5. What happens to Carol's animals one day?
(a) They die naturally.
(b) They run away.
(c) They are shot to death.
(d) They die in a fire.

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

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

8. What singer is Bukowski listening to in I Shot a Man in Reno?
(a) Elvis.
(b) Johnny Cash.
(c) Sam Cooke.
(d) Ella Fitzgerald.

9. In A Popular Man, who does a man tell Bukowski that his wife has been having an affair with?
(a) The President.
(b) The mayor.
(c) Bukowski.
(d) A rabbi.

10. In I shot a man in Reno, how long is Bukowski hired for his job?
(a) One month.
(b) Three months.
(c) Five months.
(d) One year.

11. What does Bukowski think comic strips have become?
(a) Human.
(b) Heightened social commentary.
(c) Subtle.
(d) Raw.

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

13. What does Bukowski notice on his hands at the end of The Blanket?
(a) Bruises.
(b) Ink.
(c) Burns.
(d) Blood.

14. In One for Walter Lowenfels, where does the man's daughter need to go today?
(a) School.
(b) The doctor.
(c) Dentist.
(d) Preschool.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Notes on the Pest, what does a pest talk to Bukowski about at the diner?

2. What delusion does Bukowski have of tiny men in The Blanket?

3. How does Bukowski feel about the situation in poetry in Eyes Like the Sky?

4. Who does Bukowski go out with in Notes of a Potential Suicide?

5. Why does Bukowski take his car to the mechanic in A Rain of Women?

(see the answer keys)

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